Book description
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. Winifred Holtby (1898-1935), journalist, critic, feminist,
pacifist and author won the James Tait Black Memorial prize with South
Riding, her last novel.
