Richard Jefferies

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World's End A Story in Three Books Book III Results

Beschreibung

World's End: A Story in Three Books Book III explores themes of societal structure, personal ambition, and the evolution of a city through the lives of its inhabitants. Central to the story is the development of a city that rises from a barren marsh, initially transformed by the burrowing activities of a water-rat, into a bustling urban center. At the heart of this transformation are characters who represent the tensions between poverty and the pursuit of wealth and status. The opening reveals the origin of the city and introduces key figures, including a miserly farmer and his two sons, who represent the older, established order, and the squatters, such as the basket-makers, who represent new, emergent forces in the community. As the farmer attempts to reclaim land he believes is rightfully his, tensions between the squatters and the established villagers escalate, setting the stage for conflict, moral dilemmas, and potential crime. This backdrop promises a richly layered exploration of social dynamics, class struggles, and the complexities of ownership and power in a rapidly changing society.

Autor

John Richard Jefferies was an English nature writer who lived from November 6, 1848, to August 14, 1887. He was famous for writing stories, essays, and books about natural history that showed how people lived in the English countryside. His childhood on a small farm in Wiltshire shaped him a lot and is the setting for all of his big works of fiction. Jefferies wrote a lot of different types of books and about a lot of different subjects. Some of his most famous works are the classic children's book Bevis (1882) and the science fiction novel After London (1885). In The Story of My Heart (1883), he goes into more depth about this work. People at the time thought of him as a nature mystic because of this work, which was an introspective look at his thoughts and feelings about the world. But what most people admire about him is how well he writes about nature and people in it, both in his fiction and in collections of essays like The Amateur Poacher (1879) and Round About a Great Estate (1880).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Seitenzahl: 110
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9789368099208
• ISBN-10: 9368099200
• Artikelnr.: 73361240