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Anderby Wold

Anderby Wold

Author(s): Winifred Holtby

Location(s): Yorkshire

Genre(s): Historical

Era(s): Early 20th century

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Mary Robson is a young Yorkshire woman, married to her solid, unromantic cousin, John. Together they battle to preserve Mary’s neglected inheritance, her beloved farm, Anderby Wold. This labour of love – and the benevolent tyranny of traditional Yorkshire ways – have made Mary old before her time. Then into her purposeful life comes David Rossitur, red-haired, charming, eloquent: how can she help but love him? But David is a young man from a different England, radical and committed to social change. As their confrontation and its consequences inevitably unfold, Mary’s life and that of the calm village of Anderby are changed forever.

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Portrait of life in East Yorkshire at the beginning of the 20th century is captured perfectly.

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