{"product_id":"south-riding-paperback","title":"South Riding - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWinifred Holtby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sarah Burton returns to her hometown as headmistress she is full of ambition, determined to create a great school and to inspire her girls to take all they can from life. But in the aftermath of the First World War, the country is in depression and ideals are hard won. Lydia Holly, the scholarship girl from the shacks, is the most brilliant student Sarah has ever taught, but when her mother's health fails, her education must be sacrificed - there is nobody else to care for the children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Carne of Maythorpe Hall stands for everything Sarah despises: his family has farmed the South Riding for generations, their position uncontested. Yet Sarah cannot help being drawn to this proud, haunted - and almost ruined - man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSouth Riding is a rich, panoramic novel, bringing vividly to life a rural community on the brink of change.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinifred Holtby (1898-1935) was an English journalist and novelist. Holtby was a committed socialist and feminist who wrote the classic \u003ci\u003eSouth Riding\u003c\/i\u003e as a warm yet sharp social critique of the well-to-do farming community she was born into. This was adapted into a British Drama film and later a television adaptation by the BBC. She wrote a lot of literary fiction, biographies and memoirs. She was a good friend of Vera Brittain, possibly portraying her as Delia in \u003ci\u003eThe Crowded Street\u003c\/i\u003e. She died at the age of thirty-seven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 502\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 x 7.82 x 5.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696965750847,"sku":"9780860689690","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3a3623c5bf2665dfa899795abd139325.webp?v=1765007965","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/south-riding-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}