Series ✦ Penny’s Take
The Lonely Plough
Constance Holme · 1914
71/100
👍 Worth It
A 1914 English regional novel about duty, land, and a flood that tests loyalty 'not only to the living but to the dead' — this is real literary craft, not genre filler, and it's free to read via Project Gutenberg. The old-fashioned prose will slow modern readers down, but the atmosphere and moral seriousness are genuine, and it was reviewed in mainstream literary press when it came out.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety78
Substance / usefulness72
Craft & writing76
Originality62
Evidence & accuracy68
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit65
Human-eye read72
Penny’s verdict71
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