Precious Bane (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Gladys Meredith
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional romance
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Prudence Sarn, Gideon, Wizard Beguildy, Jancis Beguildy, Kester Woodseaves
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Nature, Superstition, Nineteenth century, Rural or country life, Brothers and sisters, England or English people, Disabilities or physically challenged persons
- Locales: England
The Story:
The country people said there had been something queer about the Sarn family since old Timothy Sarn was struck by forked lightning. The lightning seemed to have gone into Timothy and into all the Sarns. In Prue’s father, the lightning took the form of a raving temper, and in Prue’s brother, Gideon, the lightning was the more frightening because it was quiet but deadly. Dogs and horses turned away from Gideon’s gray eyes. Prue understood her brother better than most, but even she was frightened when Gideon offered to be the sin-eater at their father’s funeral....
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