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Winifred Holtby (1898 – 1935) was an English novelist, short story writer and journalist. “Escape - Three and Sixpence” is a haunting short story which opens with a Yorkshire housewife putting her head into the gas oven to commit suicide to escape her unbearable life of drudgery. We are swept along with the thoughts and emotions which go through her mind… and the roller-coaster of emotions as events unfold.
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About Winifred Holtby
Winifred Holtby (1893–1935) was born in the East Riding of Yorkshire. She was educated at Scarborough College, Oxford, and gave up her studies to join the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in France during the First World War. Later she became an ardent feminist and lecturer on politics and was a prolific contributor to many newspapers. Her last and best-known novel was South Riding, which was finished shortly before her early death.
About Cathy Dobson
Cathy Dobson is the author of Planet Germany and a narrator of audiobooks.