作者简介

Emilia Hart is a British-Australian writer. She was born in Sydney and studied English Literature and Law at the University of New South Wales before working as a lawyer in Sydney and London. Emilia is a graduate of Curtis Brown Creative’s Three Month Online Novel Writing Course and was Highly Commended in the 2021 Caledonia Novel Award. Her short fiction has been published in Australia and the UK. She lives in London. You can follow Emilia on Twitter at @EmiliaHartBooks.

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"A brave and original debut, Weyward is a spellbinding story about what may transpire when the natural world collides with a legacy of witchcraft." ––Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary

I am a Weyward, and wild inside.

2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.

1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. As a girl, Altha’s mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as the evidence for witchcraft is set out against Altha, she knows it will take all of her powers to maintain her freedom.

1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family's grand, crumbling estate. Straitjacketed by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receives––and for her mother, long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom.

Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.


Emilia Hart is a British-Australian writer. She was born in Sydney and studied English Literature and Law at the University of New South Wales before working as a lawyer in Sydney and London. Emilia is a graduate of Curtis Brown Creative’s Three Month Online Novel Writing Course and was Highly Commended in the 2021 Caledonia Novel Award. Her short fiction has been published in ...

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  • momo
    很好看,三代任务故事线交叉进行,情节很引人入胜。只是没有意识到故事是有些奇幻色彩的,还是期望能看到一些现实世界中女性挣脱锁链,找寻自我的故事。01-19
  • 普宁困意
    感觉三个女性人物的自救之路和后续情节发展都没有立住 Kate从控制狂男友手中逃跑到了姑奶奶留给自己的乡村小屋 一点点感受贴近未曾谋面的血亲从灰扑扑的故事里映射出来的另一位女性Violet的故事 爱自然爱学习的她被剥夺所有对弟弟来讲却是理所应当的权利 逐渐揭露17世纪Weyward家另一位因有疗愈能力要接受女巫审判的Altha的故事 这种闪闪发光的女性故事我是喜欢的 但是几代人之间丝丝缕缕关系的那种宿命感和作者想要制造出Kate解谜一样的悬疑感都..有点无聊吧 12-22
  • 读书momo
    I’d say it’s an interesting story in the first part, but sadly ended up with a boring ending. It’s quite obvious that the author had a great ambition on the female topic, while she seems to lack the capability to realize her ambition. The story relates few to the reality, remaining to be a normal fiction book on three women.12-26
  • Tangerine
    本书讲述了Weyward家族三代人在各自时代所面临的女性困境中不断前行、挣脱束缚的故事。内容涵盖各种主题,包括但不限于 17 世纪猎巫审判、近现代封建父权压迫,以及现代家庭中的煤气灯效应。故事的结尾很圆满,虽然有些理想化,但女性互助我爱看。09-16
  • 小圆子
    两星半,不喜欢。首先故事太好猜了,大概三分之一的地方就全猜到了。其次三个不同时代的女性在观念人设上看不出明显差异,受虐的方式都如出一辙,只是换了层皮,因此所谓的史诗感也构建不出来。第三整体结构太工整太“端水”反而无聊。第四我真的很不喜欢虫子,因此特别是violate和kate复仇的地方不忍卒听。最后,不喜欢三个narrator,情感和技巧都没什么毛病但是声音都不好听…总之就是各种踩雷的一本书01-04

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