Richard Jefferies

The Toilers of the Field (eBook, ePUB)

A Glimpse into Victorian Agricultural Life and Naturalist Literature

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Richard Jefferies' 'The Toilers of the Field' is a poignant exploration of the lives of agricultural workers in Victorian England, capturing the struggles and triumphs of those who toil the land. Jefferies' poetic and descriptive prose immerses the reader in the pastoral beauty of the countryside, while shedding light on the harsh realities faced by rural laborers. This work is a quintessential example of naturalist literature, showcasing a deep appreciation for the natural world and a sensitivity towards the plight of the working class. The author's keen observations and vivid imagery make 'The Toilers of the Field' a compelling and thought-provoking read for anyone interested in social and environmental issues of the 19th century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4064066239701
• Artikelnr.: 58930101

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface C.J. Longman
Part I: 1. The farmer at home
2. The labourer's daily life
3. Field-faring women
4. An English homestead
5. John Smith's shanty
6. Wiltshire labourers (letters to the Times)
7. A true tale of the Wiltshire labourer
Part II: 8. The coming of summer
9. The golden-crested wren
10. An extinct race
11. Orchis mascula
12. The lions in Trafalgar Square.