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The First Sheaf

H.R. Wakefield

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Description:H.R. Wakefield’s 1940 tale The First Sheaf, was first published in his collection, The Clock Strikes Twelve.Old Porteous tells his friend about his strange experiences as a boy in Reedley End, an isolated parish plagued by drought and crop failure, whose denizens may have tried to reverse their fortunes by turning to "the old ways". This is a folk horror story set in the backwaters of rural England. A new vicar goes to a rural parish that has suffered a terrible drought. The local folk shun him and want nothing of his God. He fears they have other gods of their own. Then a young girl goes missing, and the vicar's son must search out the mystery of the round field and pay a terrible price for the knowledge he gains. Think The Wicker Man meets John Barleycorn. Folk horror before they invented the term 'folk horror.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The First Sheaf. To get started finding The First Sheaf, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: H.R. Wakefield’s 1940 tale The First Sheaf, was first published in his collection, The Clock Strikes Twelve.Old Porteous tells his friend about his strange experiences as a boy in Reedley End, an isolated parish plagued by drought and crop failure, whose denizens may have tried to reverse their fortunes by turning to "the old ways". This is a folk horror story set in the backwaters of rural England. A new vicar goes to a rural parish that has suffered a terrible drought. The local folk shun him and want nothing of his God. He fears they have other gods of their own. Then a young girl goes missing, and the vicar's son must search out the mystery of the round field and pay a terrible price for the knowledge he gains. Think The Wicker Man meets John Barleycorn. Folk horror before they invented the term 'folk horror.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The First Sheaf. To get started finding The First Sheaf, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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