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Delphi Complete Works of Mary Webb Illustrated

Mary Webb

Publisher: Delphi Publishing Ltd

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Summary

The interwar English novelist and poet Mary Webb is best known for her masterpiece ‘Precious Bane’ and for her lyrical style, conveying a rich and intense impression of her beloved Shropshire countryside home. Though in her lifetime her novels suffered neglect, a reappraisal of her work after her early death has drawn comparisons with the works of Thomas Hardy, sharing a love of nature and a sense of impending doom. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Webb’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

 
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Webb’s life and works* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts* All the novels, with individual contents tables* Features the unfinished novel* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Rare short stories and poems available in no other collection* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry and the short stories* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read* Includes Webb’s rare essays and reviews – digitised here for the first time* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

 
CONTENTS:

 
The NovelsThe Golden Arrow (1916)Gone to Earth (1917)The House in Dormer Forest (1920)Seven for a Secret (1922)Precious Bane (1924)Armour Wherein He Trusted (1929)

 
The Short StoriesStories from ‘Armour Wherein He Trusted’ (1929)Uncollected Short Stories

 
The Poetry CollectionsPoems and the Spring of Joy (1928)Fifty-One Poems (1947)Uncollected Poems

 
The PoemsList of Poems in Chronological OrderList of Poems in Alphabetical Order

 
The Non-FictionSpring of Joy (1917)Miscellaneous Essays and Reviews
Available since: 11/25/2023.
Print length: 2453 pages.

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