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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 The timely and unmissable first novel by the author of South Riding. Vorwort The timely and unmissable first novel by the author of South Riding . Zusammenfassung The timely and unmissable first novel by the author of South Riding.

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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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Winifred Holtby, Holtby Winifred
• Edition: Virago Press Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 21.04.2011
• EAN: 9781844087914
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-791-4
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 199 mm x 19 mm
• Thèmes: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Littérature > Suspense > Policiers, espionnage; Romance, FICTION / Romance / General, Historical romance, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Family life fiction