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“No accident of environment or circumstance need cut us off from nature. ... It does not matter how shut in we are. Opportunity for wide experience is of small acccount in this as in other things; it is depth that brings understanding and life.”

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Mary Webb
Mary Webb

Mary Webb, born on March 25, 1881, was an accomplished novelist from the early 20th century in the United Kingdom. She is renowned for her unique literary style and profound depiction of rural life in England. more

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