THEY COULD DO NO OTHER: A VOLUME OF STORIES

by Eden Phillpotts

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First edition

London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd., n.d. 1932 . Octavo, original black cloth. First edition. Twelve stories set in Dartmoor and written in the author's style of regionalistic realism. Most are serious but upbeat. Several involve adventure and crime. The Wise Woman concerns a reputed witch whose power really consists of the uncommon degree of common sense she possesses. Hubin

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