Richard Jefferies

Broschiertes Buch

The Toilers of the Field

Beschreibung

"The Toilers of the Field" by Richard Jefferies offers a collection of insightful essays and observations on rural life in the English countryside. A keen observer of nature, Jefferies captures the rhythms and realities of agricultural existence with vivid detail. His writing explores the deep connection between humanity and the land, revealing the beauty and challenges of working the soil. These essays provide a window into a bygone era, reflecting on the timeless aspects of nature and the lives of those who toiled within it. Jefferies' prose resonates with a deep appreciation for the natural world, making "The Toilers of the Field" a lasting testament to the enduring power and simplicity of country life. This edition preserves the original text for readers interested in historical perspectives on the environment and the everyday lives of rural communities. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Autor

John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 - 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction. Jefferies's corpus of writings covers a range of genres and topics, including Bevis (1882), a classic children's book, and After London (1885), a work of science fiction. For much of his adult life he suffered from tuberculosis, and his struggles with the illness and with poverty also play a role in his writing. Jefferies valued and cultivated an intensity of feeling in his experience of the world around him, a cultivation that he describes in detail in The Story of My Heart (1883). This work, an introspective depiction of his thoughts and feelings about the world, gained him the reputation of a nature mystic at the time, but it is his success in conveying his awareness of nature and people within it, both in his fiction and in essay collections such as The Amateur Poacher (1879) and Round About a Great Estate (1880), that has drawn most admirers. Walter Besant wrote of his reaction on first reading Jefferies: "Why, we must have been blind all our lives; here were the most wonderful things possible going on under our very noses, but we saw them not.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9781023189095
• ISBN-10: 1023189097
• Artikelnr.: 74126172