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Shropshire is rich in literary connections, with many famous sons and daughters finding inspiration in its rural settings and industrial past. Mary Webb (1881-1927) provides examples of the lush countryside in her novels and poems. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was born in Shrewsbury and influenced writers of the day with his On the origin of species by means of natural selection in 1859. Mary Cholmondeley (1859-1925), author of the pointed satire Red Pottage, belonged to an old Shropshire family whose relations included Reginald Heber (1783-1826) and Stella Benson (1892-1933). Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter) (1913-1995) made Shrewsbury famous with her depiction of medieval life in the Cadfael novels and in recent years Lorna Sage (1943-2001) brought Whitchurch to the public eye in her autobiography Bad Blood.
Below you will find a list of some towns and villages of Shropshire. The places, and their literary connections, are described on separate pages.
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18 September 2008
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