The Land Of Green Ginger - A Virago Modern Classic

Informationen zum Autor Winifred Holtby (1898-1935) was an English journalist and novelist. Holtby was a committed socialist and feminist who wrote the classic South Riding as a warm yet sharp social critique of the well-to-do farming community she was born into. This was adapted into a British Drama film and later a television adaptation by the BBC. She wrote a lot of literary fiction, biographies and memoirs. She was a good friend of Vera Brittain, possibly portraying her as Delia in The Crowded Street . She died at the age of thirty-seven. Klappentext By the author of South Riding comes a riveting novel of a young girl, Joanna Burton, who dares to dream big. Vorwort By the author of South Riding comes a riveting novel of a young girl, Joanna Burton, who dares to dream big. Zusammenfassung By the author of South Riding comes a riveting novel of a young girl, Joanna Burton, who dares to dream big.

Product details

• Authors: Winifred Holtby, Holtby Winifred
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.04.2011
• EAN: 9781844087921
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-792-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; Virago modern classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary