Home before dark, or, the saga of Miss Edie Hill

In this portrait of a small cotton mill town in Lancashire, Edie Hill is essentially portrayed as a tragic heroine: she works hard; raises an illegitimate son, and loses her family one by one as they fall victim to the cotton dust from years spent at the mill. However, Edie is a very funny character, and the tragic points in her story are interspersed with moments of great warmth and humour.