Gone To Earth, 9780860681434
Paperback
Wild beauty, mortal passion, and tragic fate collide in a Shropshire tale.

Gone To Earth

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    11 August 1996

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Summary

The daughter of a Welsh gypsy and a crazy bee-keeper, Hazel Woodus is happiest living in her forest cottage in the remote Shropshire hills, at one with the winds and seasons, protector and friend of the wild animals she loves. But Hazel’s beauty and innocence prove irresistible to the men in her orbit. Both Jack Reddin, the local squire and Edward Marston, the gentle minister, offer her human – and carnal – love. Hazel’s fate unfolds as simply and relentlessly as a Greek tragedy as a child of…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780860681434
ISBN-10:0860681432
Author:Mary Webb
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:11 August 1996
Weight:248g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 22mm
Series:Virago Modern Classics
About The Author

Mary Webb

Mary Webb, poet, mystic and lover of nature, spent most of her life in Shropshire, which features in all of her novels. Admiring contemporaries described Webb as a ‘strange genius’ and ‘one of the best living writers’. After a life of illness and near-poverty, Mary Webb died in 1927.

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