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(3.73) | 13 | Mary Webb (1881-1927) was an English romantic novelist of the early 20th century, whose novels were set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people which she knew and loved well. Although she was acclaimed by John Buchan and by Rebecca West, who hailed her as a genius, and won the Prix Femina of La Vie Heureuse for Precious Bane (1924), she won little respect from the general public. It was only after her death that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Stanley Baldwin, earned her posthumous success through his approbation, referring to her as a neglected genius at a Literary Fund dinner in 1928. Her writing is notable for its descriptions of nature, and of the human heart. She had a deep sympathy for all her characters and was able to see good and truth in all of them. Among her most famous works are: The Golden Arrow (1916), Gone to Earth (1917), and Seven for a Secret (1922).… (more) |
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The Golden Arrow, Mary Webb's first novel, was initially ignored by critics and readers, the news of the Western Front being of greater concern in 1915. (Introduction) John Arden's stone cottage stood in the midst of the hill plateau, higher than the stream began, shelterless to the four winds. | |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions Mary Webb (1881-1927) was an English romantic novelist of the early 20th century, whose novels were set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people which she knew and loved well. Although she was acclaimed by John Buchan and by Rebecca West, who hailed her as a genius, and won the Prix Femina of La Vie Heureuse for Precious Bane (1924), she won little respect from the general public. It was only after her death that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Stanley Baldwin, earned her posthumous success through his approbation, referring to her as a neglected genius at a Literary Fund dinner in 1928. Her writing is notable for its descriptions of nature, and of the human heart. She had a deep sympathy for all her characters and was able to see good and truth in all of them. Among her most famous works are: The Golden Arrow (1916), Gone to Earth (1917), and Seven for a Secret (1922). ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Deborah Arden lives with her parents and brother Joe in a little stone cottage high in the Shropshire hills, content to remain in the bosom of her family, living close to the countryside she loves. One day a young preacher, Stephen Southernwood, comes to their chapel.. Tall, blue-eyed and golden-haired, he inspires in Deborah a great and mystic love. He asks her to live with him in the wild hill country nearby - and she goes. But Stephen is out of harmony with the natural world. His restless, selfish spirit makes him risk all before he discovers what Deborah has always known: that to find love is to find the legendary golden arrow - the burnished gold that wounds before it can heal. | |
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Deborah Arden and Stephen Southernwood are one such couple, while Lily Hutchnance and Joe Arden another. ( )