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Lolly Willowes: or, The Loving Huntsman
Hardcover
Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher: Curated Collection Publishing
Published: Jul 1 2026
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Lolly Willowes: or, The Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner is a witty, strange, and quietly radical novel about independence, solitude, and a woman's refusal to live the life expected of her.
Laura Lolly Willowes has spent years as the dutiful unmarried aunt, absorbed into the routines and needs of her family. Polite, useful, and overlooked, she is treated less as a person with desires of her own than as a permanent fixture in other people's lives. But as middle age approaches, Lolly makes a startling decision: she leaves London behind and moves alone to the countryside, determined to claim a life that belongs entirely to herself.
What begins as a story of escape from domestic obligation gradually becomes something darker, funnier, and more magical. In the village of Great Mop, Lolly discovers not only freedom, but witchcraft, wilderness, and a new understanding of what it means to belong to oneself rather than to society.
First published in 1926, Lolly Willowes is a classic of feminist fiction, social satire, and literary fantasy. Warner writes with elegance, irony, and sharp psychological insight, turning one woman's late awakening into a sly and unforgettable challenge to convention.
This edition is prepared for clear, comfortable reading while preserving the wit, mystery, and subversive charm of the original text. For readers interested in classic literature, women's fiction, feminist classics, witchcraft, quiet rebellion, and unusual literary fantasy, Lolly Willowes: or, The Loving Huntsman remains a distinctive and rewarding discovery.
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