Webb creates a closely-knit, self-contained world in The Golden Arrow, made real through her poetic imagination and her evocative depiction of the Shropshire borderlands. The Devil’s Chair—an ever-brooding granite mass that portends evil and ill luck—dominates the story. Webb contrasts the peaceful folds of the Wilderhope Range (where shepherds graze their flocks) with the jagged outcroppings of Diafol Mountain (home to the Lostwithin lead mine.) The gate clicked and she was there. She had never looked so frail, so provocative; she had never been more purposeful or less desirous of admiration. They went in. Lily was genuinely pleased; after the rambling ruin at home, impossible to keep in order even for more industrious hands than hers, the compact, neat little home was delightful. She thought how easy the work would be. She was not meant for the hardy magnificence of manual labour. About this author: Mary Webb (1881-1927) was an English romantic novelist of the early 20th century, whose novels were set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people which she knew and loved well. Although she was acclaimed by John Buchan and by Rebecca West, who hailed her as a genius, and won the Prix Femina of La Vie Heureuse for Precious Bane (1924), she won little respect from the general public. It was only after her death that the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, earned her posthumous success through his approbation, referring to her as a neglected genius at a Literary Fund dinner in 1928. Her writing is notable for its descriptions of nature, and of the human heart. She had a deep sympathy for all her characters and was able to see good and truth in all of them. Among her most famous works are: The Golden Arrow (1916), Gone to Earth (1917), and Seven for a Secret (1922). Cast: Sebastian Shaw Marjorie Westbury ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSRXt7r3kZ4

????????: J Meade Falkner 's classic tale, dramatised by Nick Warburton. Young John Trenchard is drawn into the dangerous world of smuggling when he goes in search of Blackbeard's diamond. But the treasure brings a curse, and soon John must flee for his life. with James Laurenson. Ron Cook. Stephen Boxer. Tilly Gaunt. Stephen Critchlow , Sean Baker , Ian Masters and Frances Jeater. Producer Sally Avens ???????????? Young John: Richard Pearce Narrator: Robert Glenister ?????????? The Saturday Play:Moonfleet BBC Radio 4 FM, 26 December 1998 15.00 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myGI6o0ahmc