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The Witch

Mary Johnston

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Burn! Burn forever!’—Nay, an if they do not get your soul, still they ravage and ruin what you have on earth—blast the fields and dry the streams, slay cow and sheep and horse, burn your cot and wither your strength of a man.... Thicker than May flies in the air—all the time close around you, whether you see them or you don’t see them—monkeys and wolves and bat wings flapping....[60] Once something came on my breast at night—Satan, Satan avaunt!”

Aderhold leaned across, seized the bridle of the other’s horse, and forcibly turned Will from further contemplation of the sculptured portal. “Come away, or you will fall down in a fit!”

Carthew ahead was in motion, the mules with the litter following. Will rode for a few paces with a dazed look which was gradually replaced by his usual aspect. The red came back into his cheeks, the spring into his figure. By the time they had reached the bri. . . Read More

Community Reviews

The end of this is all over the place. I still enjoyed it.

Published in 1914, there is some phrasing that may be unfamiliar. Also, the writing style is quite dry in places, though at about a third of the way through it I could ignore that, once the characters had been more fully developed and the plot more defined. It spans several years in the lives of two

A bold look into a miserable time in history. The writer had an impressive command of the English language. Ms. Johnson's understanding of the folk back then is extraordinary. She possesses the mind of a psychologist. The mindset of the English back in this time reminds me very much of the modern
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I found this bland and disappointing with the occasional engaging scene that stopped me from giving up.

The two main characters lack depth and sparkle, and the male lead has a very passive personality. The latter chapters proved particularly unsatisfying. When the end came, my reaction was, “Is that