Prue Sarn first saw Kester Woodseaves at a love spinning, and tried to forget that she was hare-shotten and accursed. One night he came to meet her. After the firing of the harvest and the bitterness and violence that Gideon, her brother, brings to the family, only Kester can save Prue.

Precious Bane

Webb, Mary

Literature & Fiction

Penguin??Books

Published posthumously in 1929, together with ten short stories, this is a medieval romance. It is the story of Sir Gilbert and his love for Nesta. Whilst delighting in love's pleasures, he strives to renounce earthly passion, seeking instead spiritual perfection.

Armour Wherein He Trusted (Virago Modern Classics)

Mary Webb (March 25, 1881 - October 8, 1927), was an English romantic novelist of the early 20th century, whose Hardyesque novels are set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people which she knew;

Precious Bane: The Magical Love Story

Literary

Penguin Country Library

House in Dormer Forest

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)

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.

United States

University of Notre Dame Press

'Brighter and better than Thomas Hardy . . . a marvellous writer' Eloise Millar, Guardian\nPrudence Sarn was born with her 'precious bane', a cleft palate, for which she is persecuted as a witch by her superstitious neighbours. Hiding from daily ridicule, Prue takes refuge in the wild Shropshire countryside, developing a profound love of nature. Furtively, Prue dreams of being desired, of being kissed on the lips, and harbours a hopeless passion for Kester Woodseaves, the weaver.\nPrue's brother, Gideon, is engaged to her only friend, but in his ambition for wealth at any cost, he incurs the wrath of his would-be father-in-law whose act of vengeance results in Prue being accused of murder. Only Kester, who has perceived her true worth, can defend her from the wrath of her accusers.\nWinner of the 1926 Prix Femina Vie Heureuse Prize, Precious Bane is a novel that enchants with its beauty and its timeless truths.\n'With the publication of Precious Bane, a substantial readership came to respect Mary Webb's quiet genius . . . When she died at the age of 46, literature lost a voice that promised to speak for Shropshire as poignantly as Thomas Hardy had spoken for Wessex, Emily Bronte for Yorkshire - New York Times, 
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Precious Bane (Virago Modern Classics)

Romance

Virago

A gentle love story set in Shropshire among the dour countrymen and harsh life of rural England

DOUBLEDAY

Signet

Gone To Earth (CH) (Charwood Classics)

Charnwood

A historical romance in the VIRAGO MODERN CLASSICS series, from the author of THE GOLDEN ARROW.  Pru Sarn, cursed with a hare lip, loves the remote countryside of her birth and, hopelessly, Kester Woodseaves, the weaver.  How Kester finally discerns Pru's true beauty is set against the tragic drama of her ambitious brother Gideon.

Precious Bane (CH)

Classics

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Precious Bane

Armour Wherein He Trusted (Virago Modern Classics)

Precious Bane: The Magical Love Story

House in Dormer Forest

Precious Bane

Precious Bane (Virago Modern Classics)

Precious Bane

Precious Bane

Gone To Earth (CH) (Charwood Classics)

Precious Bane (CH)