Description
When Robert Bradley gave up his job in the Jarrow shipyards to work at his uncles old-established carpenters shop in a small village, he found that life with domineering Uncle John did not always prove easy As a diversion, he began exploring the Durham countryside and it was there that he had his first strange encounter with Millie, the ethereal girl-child whose odd ways and nocturnal wandering had led her to be known locally as ‘Thorman’s-Moth’.
The time came when a dramatic turn in Robert’s affairs brought him into a close involvement with the Thormans of Foreshaw and especially with the elder daughter, Agnes, who alone of the family loved and protected the frail, unworldly Millie. But this was 1913, and anything beyond the most formal relationship had to face the barriers and injustices of a rigid social hierarchy that was soon to perish in the flames of war.
The Moth is both a moving love story and a vivid evocation of a vanished world, brilliantly created by one of the most gifted storytellers of our time.
Softcover, 426 pages. In good preloved condition with the exception of minor creases to the cover and a name covered by correction tape on the first page.