Mary Webb

Introduction Many of the best things in life seem to come to us simply by chance, and it was certainly chance which first brought, me into contact with Mary Webb. On the eve of departure some years ago for Australia I was given Precious Bane by a friend whose opinion I greatly trust, and it so...

GELEITWORTDie Grafschaft Shropshire liegt dort, wo Englands grünes, heiteres Gelände sich aufwölbt, um dem wilden Grenzgebiet von Wales zu begegnen. Hier sind die unruhigen Marken, jahrhundertelang das Schlachtfeld zwischen Kelten und Sachsen, und darüber hinaus dehnt sich ein dunkles Land mit...

Introduction Mary Meredith, the author of Precious Bane, was born in the little village of Leighton, near Gressage, under the Wrekin, on March 25th, 1881, and died at St. Leonards, October 8th, 1927, and was buried at Shrewsbury. She was the daughter of George Edward Meredith, a schoolmaster of...