The Crowded Street cover art

The Crowded Street

Preview
Free with 30-day trial
Prime logo New to Audible Prime Member exclusive:
2 credits with free trial
1 credit a month to use on any title to download and keep
Listen to anything from the Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks
Download titles to your library and listen offline
₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

The Crowded Street

Written by: Winifred Holtby
Narrated by: Sarah Lambie
Free with 30-day trial

₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for ₹727.00

Buy Now for ₹727.00

About this listen

‘Then suddenly we find ourselves left alone in a dull crowded street with no one caring and our lives unneeded, and all the fine things we meant to do, like toys that a child had laid aside.’

In the stifling confines of Edwardian Yorkshire, Muriel Hammond is waiting for her life to begin. Marriage, respectability, duty–these are all part of the script–but just as she believes that ‘men do as they like’ while women ‘wait to see what they will do’, she dreams of a life beyond those boundaries. As war transforms the village of Marshington and friends slot into their expected roles, Muriel needs courage to reframe her sad fate as a ‘surplus woman’ and look towards her own independent future. As a forerunner of protagonist Sarah Burton in Holtby’s celebrated South Riding, she embodies the wit and quiet rebellion of a talented author committed to social reform.

Please note: This audiobook is in French.

Public Domain (P)2025 Naxos AudioBooks UK Ltd.
Classics Genre Fiction Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction
No reviews yet