Joanna Godden


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Spell Land. The Story of a Sussex Farm


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"Spell Land" is a remarkable work that presents the story of Oliver, Claude, and the country people around them. The struggle of growing up as a farm boy is beautifully portrayed by British novelist Sheila Kaye-Smith, famous for her novels depicting life in her native rural Sussex.




Quartet in Heaven


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In this religious biography, the writer details the lives of four influential women in the Catholic Church, examining them as saints. Kaye-Smith attempted to present more of a psychological study of these women than a biographical one. Contents include: Forward The Matrons Caterina Fiesca Adorna Cornelia Connelly The Maidens Isabella Rosa De Santa Maria De Flores Thérèse Martin Some Notes on the Nature of Sanctity




Ember Lane. A Winter's Tale


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Ember Lane' is a captivating work by Sheila Kaye-Smith, an English writer known for her numerous novels depicting life in her native rural Sussex and Kent in the English regional tradition. Excerpt from 'Ember Lane' "In days gone by the only way from Woodhorn to Potcommon was down Ember Lane as far as Four Legged Crouch and then up the hill past Egypt Farm to what is now the cross-roads by the market place. The road had no doubt been made after the manner of most Sussex roads, by carts and cattle moving from farm to farm."




Saints In Sussex. Poems and Plays by Sheila Kaye-Smith


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Saints In Sussex' is an incredible collection of verses by British novelist Sheila Kaye-Smith, best known for her numerous novels portraying life in her native rural Sussex. Contents include: St. Andrew St. Philip and St. James St. Peter and St. Paul St. Mary Magdalene St. Matthew Ascension Day Pentecost Corpus Christi The Conception B.V.M. Lady Day in Harvest




John Galsworthy


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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "John Galsworthy" by Sheila Kaye-Smith. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.




The View from the Parsonage


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An incredible work by Sheila Kaye-Smith, an English writer famous for her numerous novels set on the frontiers of Sussex and Kent in the English regional tradition. Filled with interesting characters and a gripping storyline, this work makes an engaging read. Excerpt from "The View from the Parsonage" "When Adam Cryall thought he was never going to see Palster Manor again, the view of it that he remembered with acutest longing was, he told me, from the field behind the Parsonage. Standing there one could see the house, crouching in the hollow which was its garden and had been its moat, while beyond it the shores of Ebony dropped into the marshes and the sea-born mists. In his dreams he would see it there at his feet and know even in his dreams that he would never see it any other way."







Mrs. Gailey


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A prolific writer, Sheila Kaye-Smith, in her "Mrs. Gailey," portrays an incredible picture of the struggles of a woman with a mentally impaired son in Sussex, England, after World War II. A must-read to get the idea of the life and position of women during that time.