The Crowded Street
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2000
Summary
This is the story of Muriel Hammond, at twenty living within the suffocating confines of Edwardian middle-class society in Marshington, a Yorkshire village. A career is forbidden to her. Pretty, but not pretty enough, she fails to achieve the one thing required of her - to find a suitable husband. Then comes the First World War, a watershed which tragically revolutionises the lives of her generation. But for Muriel it offers work, friendship, freedom, and one last chance to find a special kind of happiness…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780860682080 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0860682080 |
| Author: | Winifred Holtby |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2000 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 199mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Winifred Holtby
Winifred Holtby (1898-1935), journalist, critic, feminist, pacifist and author won the James Tait Black Memorial prize with South Riding, her last novel.
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