Precious Bane: Large Print (Country Library)

by Mary Webb

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Born at the time of Waterloo in the wild country of Shropshire, Prudence Sarn is a wild, passionate girl, cursed with a hare lip -- her 'precious bane'. Cursed for it, too, by the superstitious people amongst whom she lives. Prue loves two things: the remote countryside of her birth and, hopelessly, Kester Woodseaves, the weaver. The tale of how Woodseaves gradually discerns Prue's true beauty is set against the tragic drama of Prue's brother, Gideon, a driven man who is out of harmony with the natural world.
  • ISBN10 1691580481
  • ISBN13 9781691580484
  • Publish Date 8 September 2019 (first published December 1963)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Independently Published
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 290
  • Language English