South Riding

This is a memorable evocation of the lives, loves and sorrows of the inhabitants of the fictional South Riding of Yorkshire. There is Sarah Burton, an idealistic young headmistress; Robert Carne of Maythorpe Hall, tormented by his disastrous marriage; Jo Astell, a socialist fighting poverty; and Mrs Beddows, the first woman Alderman of the district.


Genre: General Fiction

"A twentieth-century classic." - Sarah Waters