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Precious Bane

Precious Bane

Webb, Mary

Hardcover

FantasyRomanceClassic Fiction

ISBN10: 164594087X
ISBN13: 9781645940876
Publisher: Suzeteo Enterprises
Published: Oct 12 2020
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Winner of the Prix Femina literary award for its ground-breaking themes, Precious Bane by romanticist Mary Webb is a story of finding beauty in being different.


Set in the Western English countryside during the French Revolution, Prue Sarn is a teenage girl whose bane is a cleft lip, a defect she was born with. Unable to rid herself of the blight, she bears her deformity with dignity at most times, but succumbs to deep-rooted shame at others. Kester Woodseaves, a weaver who travels through the county to make a living, is one of the few people who can see clearly past Prue's mark and understand the beauty of her character, but Prue does not see herself as worthy of his feelings. Prue's brother, Gideon, is unlike Prue in every way. He is self-righteous, ambitious, and cares little for the suffering of anyone but himself. In order to increase his wealth, Gideon plans to marry a beautiful woman named Jancis, but Gideon incites the wrath of her father, the wizard Beguildy. In a cruelity that matches Gideon's, Beguildy brings tragedy and misery into their lives, and suddenly, everything has gone wrong. Prue and Kester inevitably become wrapped up in Gideon's mess and soon, Prue's comfortable life begins to fade away as she is suspected of witchcraft.

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