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Winifred Holtby (23 June 1898 – 29 September 1935) was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936. Biography [ edit ]
First edition (publ. Collins) South Riding is a novel by Winifred Holtby, published posthumously in 1936.. The book is set in the fictional South Riding of Yorkshire: the inspiration being the East Riding rather than the modern South Yorkshire; Holtby's mother, Alice, was the first alderwoman on the East Riding County Council. [1]
South Riding, a book from 1936 by Winifred Holtby, featuring a fictional South Riding of Yorkshire; South Riding, a film from 1938 based on the novel; South Riding, a thirteen-part ITV TV series from 1974 based on the novel; South Riding (2011 TV series), a three-part BBC TV miniseries from 2011 based on the novel
The Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize was presented from 1967 until 2003 by the Royal Society of Literature for the best regional novel of the year. [1] It is named after the novelist Winifred Holtby who was noted for her novels set in the rural scenes of her childhood.
South Riding is a BBC serial in three parts from 2011, based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. It is directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and written by Andrew Davies . It stars Anna Maxwell Martin , David Morrissey , Peter Firth , Douglas Henshall , Penelope Wilton and John Henshaw .
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Winifred Holtby, South Riding: Edward Sackville West, A Flame in Sunlight: The Life and Work of Thomas de Quincey (Thomas de Quincey) — 1937 Neil M. Gunn, Highland River: Lord Eustace Percy, John Knox — 1938 C. S. Forester, A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours: Sir Edmund Chambers, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) — 1939
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