Winifred Holtby (1898–1935)
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Obras de Winifred Holtby
South Riding Collection by Winifred Holtby - 3 Book Set - South Riding; The Land of Green Ginger; Anderby Wold (2010) 2 copias
South Riding 2 copias
The Frozen Earth and Other Poems 1 copia
Virginia Woolf 1 copia
Vrouwen aan het roer 1 copia
The Wronged Woman : Wren 3 1 copia
West Riding 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
The International Association of Crime Writers Presents Bad Behavior (1995) — Contribuidor — 90 copias
South Riding [2011 TV mini series] — Original book — 5 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1898-06-23
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1935-09-29
- Lugar de sepultura
- All Saints Churchyard, Rudston, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Rudston, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- London, England, UK
- Causa de fallecimiento
- kidney failure (Bright's disease)
- Lugares de residencia
- Rudston, Yorkshire, England, UK
London, England, UK - Educación
- governess
Queen Margaret's School, Scarborough
Oxford University (Somerville College) - Ocupaciones
- novelist
journalist
lecturer (League of Nations Union)
director (Time and Tide) - Relaciones
- Brittain, Vera (companion|1919|Holtby's death|1935)
- Organizaciones
- Independent Labour Party
Six Point Group
Time and Tide - Biografía breve
- Winifred Holtby, a prolific writer and committed pacifist, met Vera Brittain in 1919. The two writers developed a close friendship and they shared a home and care of Brittain's children for many years until Holtby's death. See Brittain's "Testament of Friendship" (1940).
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Debates
158. South Riding by Winifred Holtby en Backlisted Book Club (marzo 2022)
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE - Between the Wars - HOLTBY & GRAVES en 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (octubre 2017)
South Riding en Virago Modern Classics (agosto 2011)
February: Reading Winifred Holtby en Monthly Author Reads (Febrero 2011)
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- Obras
- 26
- También por
- 10
- Miembros
- 2,139
- Popularidad
- #12,033
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 90
- ISBNs
- 75
- Idiomas
- 3
- Favorito
- 14
This is the story of the old man Santiago, an old and very poor fisherman who lives by himself in a ramshackle hut and has only one friend, the young Manolo, who Santiago has taught how to fish. Since the old man seems to have run out of luck and catches practically no fish anymore, Manolo’s parents have forbidden him to accompany the old man at sea again.
Then one day when Santiago is alone at sea he catches the biggest swordfish he ever saw and what follows is his battle with the fish and his terrible struggle to get back home.
The big swordfish is a character in itself, as is the sea in a way. I liked it and can see why it is widely seen as a masterpiece. And where I shy away from Hemingway in his writings about killing animals by hunting or “entertainment” like bullfighting, here I could stomach it because fishing is this old man’s only livelyhood.
Written in Hemingway’s sparse style which succeeds in conveying emotions all the same, a sign of great penmanship. And all the big themes like endurance, the battle between (wo)manhood and nature, loyalty, suffering made for a compelling read.… (más)