Mary Webb
English novelist (1881ā1927) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Mary Webb (disambiguation).
Mary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 ā 8 October 1927) was an English romance novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew. Her novels have been successfully dramatized, most notably the film Gone to Earth in 1950 by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger based on the novel of the same title. The novels are thought to have inspired the famous parody Cold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons.
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Born | Mary Gladys Meredith 15 March 1881 Leighton, Shropshire, England |
Died | 8 October 1927(1927-10-08) (aged 46) St Leonards-on-Sea, England |
Occupation(s) | Novelist, poet |
Known for | Author of Precious Bane, Gone to Earth |
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