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Winifred Holtby (June 23, 1898 - September 29, 1935) was an English novelist known for her works that focused on social issues, particularly the struggles of women and the working class.

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Famous Winifred Holtby Quotes

“This alone is to be feared - the closed mind, the sleeping imagination, the death of the spirit. The death of the body is to that, I think, a little thing.”

Thinking Mind Littles Soul Body Spirit Imagination Sleep Little Things Closed Mind

Book:Selected letters of Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain, 1920-1935

Source: Selected letters of Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain, 1920-1935

“we are so little, so ignorant, so feeble an infant race crawling on a planet between immensities we haven't even begun to understand, that really we have no grounds for either congratulation or despair.”

Littles Race Havens Planets Despair Ignorant Congratulations Infant Crawling Immensity

Book:Pavements at Anderby: tales of

Source: Pavements at Anderby: tales of

“What with the reviews of critics, the sarcasms of one's friends, the reproaches of one's own taste, there's precious little peace after publishing a book.”

Littles Book Taste Critics Sarcasm Reviews Publishing Reproach

Author:Winifred Holtby

“I find you in all small and lovely things; in the little fishes like flames in the green water, in the furred and stupid softness of bumble-bees fat as laughter, in all the chiming radiance of warmth and light and scent in the summer garden.”

Source: Selected letters of Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain, 1920-1935

About the Author

Born: June 23, 1898
Died: September 29, 1935
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 55

Books & Sources

Letters to a FriendRelated source material

Pavements at Anderby: tales ofRelated source material

South RidingRelated source material

Selected letters of Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain, 1920-1935Related source material

Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of IrrelevanceRelated source material

Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of IrrevelevanceRelated source material

Virginia Woolf: A Critical MemoirRelated source material

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