The House in Dormer Forest
- 292 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Mary Webb Books
Mary Webb was an English novelist of the early 20th century, whose works were primarily set in the Shropshire countryside and among its people, whom she knew and loved deeply. Her writing is distinguished by vivid descriptions of nature and profound insights into the human heart. She possessed a deep empathy for all her characters, finding goodness and truth within each of them. Webb's distinctive style often features lyrical prose, intricately weaving the natural world with the emotional lives of her characters.
A love story in the tradition of the Brontes and Hardy Won the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse in 1925
Mary Webb was passionately devoted to revealing nature in all of its expressions and forms. She was diagnosed with Graves' disease at the age of 20, and in times of recovery she early noticed that her love of nature sped her healing. She also, in these sensitive times of contemplation and struggle, saw the natural world more tenderly and luminously; the urgencies of life were clearer. The Spring of Joy collects together a group of exquisite essays of appreciation, written with the idea of succouring 'the weary and wounded in the battle of life.' They are an extraordinary record of a woman's empathy, not only for the beauty, colour, form, delicacy and majesty of the natural world, but also for her fellow human beings who suffer.
