''Gone to Earth'' is a 1917

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by the British writer

Mary Webb Mary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 – 8 October 1927) was an English Romance (literary fiction), romance novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and ...

. It was her second novel following her debut ''The Golden Arrow'' the previous year. It received positive reviews and

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described it as her book of the year. It is set in

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around

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and

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. In 1935 it was one of the first batch of

Penguin Books Penguin Books is a British publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.Gone to Earth'' directed by

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and

Emeric Pressburger Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 19025 February 1988) was a Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a collaborat ...

and starring

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, David Farrar and

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