{"product_id":"south-riding-by-winifred-holtby","title":"South Riding by Winifred Holtby","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSarah Burton returns to South Riding as a fiery young headmistress, determined to make a difference for the girls in her care - like bright Lydia Holly, who dreams of a scholarship to escape her family's grinding poverty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut she finds a community teetering on the brink of change, torn between established traditions and new idealism. She must work with - and against - her new neighbours to fight her cause: Jo Astell, a socialist fighting poverty and his own tuberculosis; Mrs Beddows, the first woman Alderman of the district; the obsequious businessman Snaith; and brooding Robert Carne, a conservative landowner tormented by his disastrous marriage, to whom Sarah finds herself unwillingly drawn. Winifred Holtby's greatest work is a panoramic evocation of a Yorkshire community between the wars: a rich and moving tapestry of lives, loves, sorrows and triumphs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis beautiful 90th anniversary edition contains a preface by Shirley Williams, an introduction by Marion Shaw and an epitaph by Vera Brittain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeries:Virago Modern Classics\u003cbr\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 544 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Virago Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9780860689690\u003cbr\u003ePublished:26 Nov 2010\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eWeight:368g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65013208613213,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9780860689690.jpg?v=1781875158","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/south-riding-by-winifred-holtby","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}