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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.
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
- Morrow, 1977
- the University of Michigan
- The Girl: A Novel
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.
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Mar 9, 2010 · The girl : a novel. by. Cookson, Catherine. Publication date. 1977. Topics. Working class. Publisher. New York : Morrow.
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Directed by: David Wheatley. Writer (s): Catherine Cookson (novel), Gordon Hann. Cast: Siobhan Flynn, Jonathan Cake, Mark Benton, Jill Baker, Malcolm Stoddard. Setting: Northumberland, U.K. Filming locations: North East of England. Tyne Tees Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, U.K.
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