The House in Dormer Forest


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"The House in Dormer Forest" is a romance novel by the British writer, Mary Webb. The plot follows the lives of the Darke family, the occupants of Dormer Old house, a large but increasingly dilapidated manor built in Elizabethan times, and passed through the Darke family. The family's four children each of distinct personalities, all subscribe to the family's Christian faith. That is, all except Jasper, who has chosen a different path for himself, to the ire of his conservative family. And the other bone of contention is his secret love for Catherine Velindre, the beautiful girl, who is to be married by his brother Peter. His return to the manor threatens to bring tension to the family's erstwhile peaceful existence...













The House in Dormer Forest


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The House in Dormer Forest is a 1920 romance novel by the British writer Mary Webb. It was part of a wave of regional novels set across Britain, in Webb's case in her native Shropshire. She wrote it while living at her home near Bayston Hill.




The House in Dormer Forest (Classic Reprint)


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The House In Dormer Forest


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Gone to Earth


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Hazel Woodus is a innocent gypsy girl living in the woods in the company of the wounded animals in her rural surroundings. Unfortunately for Hazel, she is not blessed with the presence in her life of a partner who can share both the physical and spiritual aspects of life with her. Her innocent exuberance catches the eye of the kindly minister, Edward Marston, and the cruel squire, Jack Reddin. She eventually marries Edward, but their love remains unconsummated as Edward feels he must preserve her innocence and suppress his own desires. But Hazel has desires of her own which she doesn't understand, and she starts finding herself drawn to Reddin's power and virility.