Richard Jefferies

Broschiertes Buch

Bevis; The Story Of A Boy

Beschreibung

Bevis is a quiet storm of a book, a boy's first apprenticeship to life set against the wide skies and hedgerows of the English countryside. This coming-of-age tale unfolds with honesty and sensitivity, inviting readers into a world of rural childhood memories, where observing nature and landscape becomes a language of growth. It is more than a study in character; it is a mould-breaking glimpse of Victorian England through the eyes of a thoughtful, capable boy. The story speaks to young readers seeking fresh adventures and to adults who treasure classic nature writing and the timeless cadence of traditional British literature. Bevis offers a compact masterclass in social commentary on childhood, balancing play with discipline, wonder with responsibility. Its gentle, lucid prose sits comfortably on a classroom reading list while supporting broader interests in english countryside setting and nature-infused narrative. For today's readers, the book reads as both a nostalgic archive and a modern invitation to see the world with reverence and curiosity. This edition is more than a reprint. Out of print for decades, it has been carefully revived by Alpha Editions and restored for today's and future generations. It is a collector's item and a cultural treasure, a touchstone for juvenile fiction classics and a lasting contribution to the landscape of English countryside literature. Whether you are a casual reader or a dedicated collector, Bevis invites renewed wonder and thoughtful reflection.

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: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 713g
• ISBN-13: 9789354844430
• ISBN-10: 935484443X
• Artikelnr.: 62606047