The Crowded Street by Winifred Holtby

The Crowded Street

Winifred Holtby

271 pages first pub 1924 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
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This is the story of Muriel Hammond, at twenty living within the suffocating confines of Edwardian middle-class society in Marshington, a Yorkshire village. A career is forbidden to her. Pretty, but not pretty enough, she fails to achieve the one ...

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Community Reviews

3.99
based on 70 reviews

Moods

emotional: 90%

reflective: 90%

sad: 45%

hopeful: 36%

inspiring: 36%

relaxing: 18%

tense: 18%

adventurous: 9%

challenging: 9%

dark: 9%

funny: 9%

lighthearted: 9%


Pace

45% of readers chose medium
54% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

10% of readers chose A mix
90% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

Loveable characters?

44% of readers chose Yes
44% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

88% of readers chose No
11% of readers chose N/A
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

90% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose No
Yes
No

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