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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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In mid-19th century Northumberland, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further.
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.
Dec 21, 2015 · Catherine Cookson: The Girl – Picture Shows: Cheryl Moody as Young Hannah. The story begins in Northumberland in 1850 with a Young Hannah looking for help because her mother is ill. She trespasses into Ned Ridley’s property desperate to ask him for help. Agreeing to help he then follows her.
Catherine Cookson's The Girl ★★½ The Girl 1996. 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 .
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. Anne is a leeedle bitter about this as well, and never speaks to Hannah again.
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Synopsis. Adaptation of Catherine Cookson’s novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her.
