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Winifred Holtby
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Winifred Holtby : Virginia Woolf
'In some respects this little work of criticism is the profoundest of Winifred's books.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Vera Brittain Print: Book
Winifred Holtby : Mandoa, Mandoa!
'"I am going to call attention in this department," it ran, "to the fact that the most informing - and upsetting - book to read to-day on the Abyssinian crisis is "Mandoa, Mandoa!" I wrote the review in "Books"; this summer I bought the English edition to re-read in the light of present events. Heavens, how well it stood the test!"'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: May Lamberton-Becker Print: Book
Winifred Holtby : South Riding
'Not until I read the fictitious account of this consultation four years afterwards in "South Riding" did I realise that the diagnosis then given her amounted to a verdict of early death, which she understood and accepted.'
