num_pages: 288
description: Born at the time of Waterloo in the wild country of Shropshire, Prudence Sarn is a wild, passionate girl, cursed with a hare lip—her "precious bane." She is cursed for it, too, by the superstitious people amongst whom she lives. Prue loves two the remote countryside of her birth and, hopelessly, Kester Woodseaves, the weaver. The tale of how Woodseaves gradually discerns Prue's true beauty is set against the tragic drama of Prue's brother, Gideon, a driven man who is out of harmony with the natural world.
language: English
title: Precious Bane
titlecomplete: Precious Bane (Virago Modern Classics)
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 3099
awards: awardedAt: -1388505600000
name: Prix Femina - Vie Heureuse
category: English authors
publisher: Little, Brown Book Group