Books by Mary Webb
“Mary Webb is a bit like Thomas Hardy – there are elements about the wildness of the countryside, rather like Tess of the d’Urbervilles or The Woodlanders– both of which I absolutely adored.” Read more...
Clare Morpurgo on Penguin Paperbacks
Clare Morpurgo, Children's Author
Interviews where books by Mary Webb were recommended
Clare Morpurgo on Penguin Paperbacks
Penguin paperbacks were a publishing revolution: lightweight, affordable editions that brought high-quality fiction and non-fiction to all. Clare Morpurgo, daughter of the Penguin Books founder Allen Lane, discusses the five Penguins that she loved most as a young reader—and why it’s down to her that her father never published The Hobbit.
