Mary Webb
Webb was a Shropshire novelist whose passionate, poetic fiction of rural life reached its height in Gone to Earth and Precious Bane. She died in obscurity but was posthumously championed by Stanley Baldwin, which brought her sudden fame.
Works
- Precious BaneNovel of rural passion and conflict centered on a disfigured woman
- Gone to EarthNovel of a woman torn between love and duty in the English countryside
- The Golden ArrowNovel exploring love and ambition among rural working-class characters
- The House in Dormer ForestNovel set in a forest dwelling depicting complex human relationships and secrets
- Armour Wherein He Trusted