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O, the Brave Music

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title O, the Brave Music
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dorothy Evelyn Smith
Afterword by Simon Thomas
SeriesBritish Library Women Writers
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 130
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780712353380
ClassificationsDewey:823.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher British Library Publishing
Imprint British Library Publishing
Publication Date 22 October 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A female narrator looks back on her childhood in a coming-of-age novel set before the First World War. Ruan is an intelligent and imaginative child, who gradually comes to understand the nuances of the adult world around her, as she moves from the Manse, under the strict rule of her father, a non-conformist minister, to Cobbetts, her mother's ancestral home, under the tutelage of her Uncle Alaric, and back to the guardianship of Rosie Day at Bolton House high up on the moor above the town where she was born. Her young life is shaped by a series of tragedies, but also the warmth of enduring friendships, particularly with David, her dearest friend who shares her love of the wild expanse and colours of the moor.

Author Biography

Dorothy Evelyn Smith (1893-1969) began her writing career penning short stories and articles for English magazines during the First World War in which her husband was serving. She began her first novel in 1939, and through the years of the Second World War her writing was often interrupted by war work.