weymouth_sands | followedby | maiden_castle_(novel) <tsp> a_glastonbury_romance | followedby | weymouth_sands <sep> weymouth sands is a novel by john cowper powys, which was written in rural upper new york state and published in february 1934 in new york city by simon and schuster it was published in britain as jobber skald in 1935 by john lane weymouth sands was the third of john cowper powys's so-called wessex novels, which include wolf solent (1929), a glastonbury romance (1932), and maiden castle (1936) powys was an admirer of novelist and poet thomas hardy, and these novels are set in somerset and dorset, part of hardy's mythical wessex american scholar richard maxwell describes these four novels 'as remarkably successful with the reading public of his time' 
'a glastonbury romance' was followed by 'weymouth sands'. the sequel to which was 'maiden castle'.weymouth sands is the third of john cowper powys'wessex novels -- wolf solent (1929), glastonbury romance (1932) and maiden castle (1936)