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The Crowded Street

Winifred Holtby

4/5 ( ratings)

This is the story of Muriel Hammond, at twenty living within the suffocating confines of Edwardian middle-class society in Marshington, a Yorkshire village. A career is forbidden to her. Pretty, but not pretty enough, she fails to achieve the one thing required of her - to find a suitable husband. Then comes the First World War, a watershed which tragically revolutionises the lives of her generation. But for Muriel it offers work, friendship, freedom, and one last chance to find a special kind of happiness...

Language: English

Pages: 278

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Virago Fiction

Release: November 19, 1981

ISBN: 0860682080

ISBN 13: 9780860682080

The Crowded Street

Winifred Holtby

4/5 ( ratings)

This is the story of Muriel Hammond, at twenty living within the suffocating confines of Edwardian middle-class society in Marshington, a Yorkshire village. A career is forbidden to her. Pretty, but not pretty enough, she fails to achieve the one thing required of her - to find a suitable husband. Then comes the First World War, a watershed which tragically revolutionises the lives of her generation. But for Muriel it offers work, friendship, freedom, and one last chance to find a special kind of happiness...

Language: English

Pages: 278

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Virago Fiction

Release: November 19, 1981

ISBN: 0860682080

ISBN 13: 9780860682080

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