Lolly Willowes : or, the loving huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner
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"Lolly Willowes: or, the loving huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner is a novel published in 1926. This satirical fantasy follows Laura Willowes, a middle-aged spinster trapped by family obligations in early twentieth-century London. Yearning for freedom, she escapes to a remote village in the Chiltern Hills, where she discovers an unexpected path to liberation. Blending social comedy with supernatural elements, the novel explores women's rebellion against societal constraints through an unconventional tale
of witchcraft, independence, and the price of true autonomy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978 |
|---|---|
| Title | Lolly Willowes : or, the loving huntsman |
| Original Publication | London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolly_Willowes |
| Credits | Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | Feminist fiction |
| Subject | Sex role -- Fiction |
| Subject | Paranormal fiction |
| Subject | England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Single women -- England -- Social conditions -- Fiction |
| Subject | Witches -- England -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 72223 |
| Release Date | Nov 25, 2023 |
| Last Update | Jan 16, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 599 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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