The Witch of Withyford and Other Stories
Author | : Gratiana Chanter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-05-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 1739392183 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781739392185 |
Rating | : 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Witch of Withyford and Other Stories written by Gratiana Chanter and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gratiana Chanter's novella The Witch of Withyford: A Story of Exmoor, containing her own illustrations, was first published by J. M. Dent & Co. in May 1896. In it, Nance Darvel, a gruesome woman who lives in a hovel, is intent on punishing a slight by destroying the life of the local squire. It is an uncanny tale of witchcraft, superstition, child-theft and revenge, set in Gratiana's beloved Devonshire and told by an elderly servant of Withyford Grange. This current edition includes three other tales: 'The Appledore Boy', 'The Shadowy Hillside', and 'The Forty Thieves of Exmoor'. It also includes all of the author's illustrations for the first edition and a detailed biographical essay by Gina R. Collia, 'Gratiana Chanter: A Typical Daughter of Devon'.