South Riding is a novel by Winifred Holtby, published posthumously in 1936.

First edition (publ. Collins)

The book is set in the fictional South Riding of Yorkshire: the inspiration being the East Riding rather than the modern South Yorkshire; Holtby's mother, Alice, was the first alderwoman on the East Riding County Council.[1] The leading characters are Sarah Burton, an idealistic young headmistress; Robert Carne of Maythorpe Hall, tormented by his disastrous marriage; Joe Astell, a socialist fighting poverty; and Mrs Beddows, the first woman alderman of the district.

The book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 1936.[2] The rights to the book were given to Somerville College, Oxford by Holtby on her death, which used royalties from South Riding and Pavements at Anderby to fund a scholarship.[3]

Adaptations

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Further reading

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  • Testament of Friendship by Vera Brittain (1940).
  • Vera Brittain: A Life by Paul Berry and Mark Bostridge (1995). Chapter 11 on the publication of South Riding.
  • A Clear Stream by Marion Shaw (1999)

References

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  1. ^ "Winifred Holtby's South Riding" (Mark Bostridge) The Guardian, 19 February 2011
  2. ^ "The James Tait Black Prizes: Fiction winners". www.ed.ac.uk/. University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ^ Adams 1996, p. 191.
  4. ^ "South Riding (1938)". IMDB. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  5. ^ "South Riding (1974)". IMDB. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  6. ^ "1975 Television Drama Series or Serial | BAFTA Awards".
  7. ^ "1975". 31 December 2007.
  8. ^ BBC Press Office (5 August 2010). "Anna Maxwell Martin and David Morrissey to star in new Andrew Davies drama South Riding". Press release. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  9. ^ "South Riding (2011)". IMDB. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

Bibliography

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  • Adams, Pauline (1996). Somerville for Women: An Oxford College, 1879-1993. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199201822.
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