Abstract
Mary Webb was born in 1881 at Leighton. She grew up in a large house in Much Wenlock. Mary Webb was the eldest of six children and began writing stories and plays for her brothers and sisters. At the age of twenty, she fell ill because she had thyroid disorder. During her convalescence, she started to write essays. In 1910, she met Henry B. L. Webb, a teacher and they got married in 1912. After the wedding, she began to write her first novel. In 1921, her husband took up a teaching post in London and they moved to live in the capital. In London, Mary Webb met writers and editors. Her work was appreciated by critics but she didn't know a popular success before her death. In 1927, she died because of her thyroid problems. A few months after her death, the Prime Minister said she had been a great English writer and from that moment, her books became best-sellers.
