Buch, Englisch, 406 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 571 g
Buch, Englisch, 406 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 571 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences
ISBN: 978-1-108-02535-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. He had aspirations to make a living as a novelist, but it was his short, factually based articles for The Live Stock Journal and other magazines, drawn from a wealth of knowledge of the rural community into which he had been born, which when collected in book form brought him recognition (though not wealth), and which continued to be read and admired after his early death. Wild Life in a Southern County, published in 1879, examines the habitats of the Downs and the birds and animals which live there. Written in Jefferies' highly descriptive style, these essays reveal his deep love and knowledge of the countryside. The sense of wonder evoked by the natural world, which permeates all of Jefferies' works, is fully exemplified in this volume.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
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Preface; 1. The Downs; 2. A drought; 3. The hillside hedge; 4. The village; 5. Village architecture; 6. The hamlet; 7. The farmhouse; 8. Birds of the farmhouse; 9. The orchard; 10. The woodpile; 11. The home-field; 12. The ash copse; 13. The warren; 14. The rookery; 15. Rooks returning to roost; 16. Notes on birds; 17. Notes on the year; 18. Snake-lore; 19. Course of the brook; 20. Wildfowl of the lake.
