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Jan 1, 2001 · Catherine Cookson. Her name was Hannah Boyle, but to the people of the village she would always be “The Girl” – Matthew Thornton’s bastard. Savagely treated by Matthew’s wife, Anne, she fled for protection to the devil-may-care horse-dealer, Ned Ridley, who had earlier befriended her.
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Aug 3, 2011 · The Girl, Hannah, is savagely beaten by Anne when she discovers her stealing her jewellery. Matthew uses this beating as an excuse to take all of Anne’s power within the household away, and to go out on the knob again.
The girl is The Girl, Hannah Boyle. The man on the horse is Ned, who is supposed to be a hardscrabble farmer type. In reality, he looks like one of the bridge-and-tunnel guys wandering 27th street in their velvet short sleeve mock turtlenecks every Saturday.
Savagely treated by Matthew's wife Anne, she fled for protection to the devil-may-care horse-dealer, Ned Ridley, who had earlier befriended her. But, as the waif grew to beautiful womanhood, she...
- Catherine Cookson
- Penguin Random House Canada Limited, 1977
- 0434142662, 9780434142668
- The Girl: A Novel
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson, DBE (née McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers.
Mar 9, 2010 · The girl : a novel. by. Cookson, Catherine. Publication date. 1977. Topics. Working class. Publisher. New York : Morrow.
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Illegitimate Hannah Boyle is simply called “The Girl” by her jealous stepmother, who forces her into a disastrous marriage. But Hannah is willing to fight to regain her freedom and the man she truly loves. TV adaptation of the novel by Catherine Cookson. 148m/C VHS, DVD .
