The Golden Arrow
10 hrs. 22 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Mary Webb
Author
Mary Webb
Narrator
Natalia Rostova
Narrator
Natalia Rostova
Description
Mary Webb is an early 20th-century English writer and poet, a “forgotten genius” whose books for a long time remained almost unknown to Russian readers. Webb (born Meredith) was born in Leighton, a small village in the county of Shropshire. Her mother, Alice, belonged to the family of Sir Walter Scott, the celebrated Scottish author. Mary was the eldest of six children. At fourteen, she faced a serious illness of her mother, and caring for her younger brothers and sisters largely fell to her. Her father, a rural schoolteacher, from an early age encouraged his daughter’s interest in literature and instilled in her a love for her native nature— the very same nature that would later become an integral part of her prose.
“The Golden Curse” (1924) is one of Mary Webb’s most successful novels. In 1926 it received the French “Femina” Prize for the best foreign novel (among its nominees in different years were, for example, E. M. Forster and Virginia Woolf). As in Webb’s other works, the story unfolds against the backdrop of poetic Shropshire landscapes and takes the reader back to the early 19th century. This is a bright, deeply moving tale of a girl marked by fate: her “curse” turns into a source of inner strength and, passing through pain and trials, leads to the discovery of love.
First time in Russian!
“The Golden Curse” (1924) is one of Mary Webb’s most successful novels. In 1926 it received the French “Femina” Prize for the best foreign novel (among its nominees in different years were, for example, E. M. Forster and Virginia Woolf). As in Webb’s other works, the story unfolds against the backdrop of poetic Shropshire landscapes and takes the reader back to the early 19th century. This is a bright, deeply moving tale of a girl marked by fate: her “curse” turns into a source of inner strength and, passing through pain and trials, leads to the discovery of love.
First time in Russian!
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