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Gone to Earth
Mary Webb
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“Gone to Earth” is the cry of fox hunters as the fox takes to its den and they lose the chase. Here, Mary Webb tells the story of Hazel Woodus whose understanding of her half tame fox cub contrasts with her misunderstanding of humanity. She is pursued by two very different men, a Gentleman Farmer and the local Minister. Mary Webb’s writing is sometimes compared to that of Thomas Hardy, her descriptions of nature are vivid and her view of love and life is touched with tragedy.
“Gone to Earth” is the cry of fox hunters as the fox takes to its den and they lose the chase. Here, Mary Webb tells the story of Hazel Woodus whose understanding of her half tame fox cub contrasts with her misunderstanding of humanity. She is pursued by two very different men, a Gentleman Farmer and the local Minister. Mary Webb’s writing is sometimes compared to that of Thomas Hardy, her descriptions of nature are vivid and her view of love and life is touched with tragedy.
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'Making up next Sunday's sermon!'
But Edward turned round disconcertingly.
'As it's on your way, why not come to tea with mother? I might be out, but you wouldn't mind that?'
'Eh, but I should! I dunna want to talk to an old lady!'
'I'll stop at home,' then, he replied, very much amused, and with a look of quiet triumph at the cornet. 'Which day?'
'Wednesday week's the first.'
'Come Wednesday, then.'
'What'll the old sleepy lady say?'
'My mother,' he said with dignity, 'will approve of anything I think right.'
But his heart misgave. So far he had only 'thought right' what her conventions approved. He had seldom acted on his own initiative. She therefore had a phrase, 'Dear Edward is always right.'. . . Read More
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A book written in the first person with a rural Shropshire dialect. As the story progresses, it does so with an impending sense of doom and tragedy for the main character, Hazel. The observations of the natural world and the consideration of the treatment of animals and their feelings are strongly p
Who is Mary Webb? I did not know. No one told me about her, except Roald Dahl. Thank you, Mr Dahl, for enriching my life once again. For ensuring I did not miss so many, many important missives from the mind of a woman born in 1881, and writing in the 1910s to 20s. Biographies observe that her "lyri
How can I have lived 51 years without ever hearing of this marvelous writer? She is the missing link between Thomas Hardy and John Cowper Powys, a visionary turning her rapt attention on wild things, the human mind, and the numberless tendrils that connect them. Very much in the spirit of the Bronte
A strange and wondrous novel, reminiscent of the Brontes and Hardy, with the fiery, Biblical prose of early Cormac McCarthy.