Richard Jefferies

Wild Life in a Southern County (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring the Beauty of English Wildlife

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In "Wild Life in a Southern County," Richard Jefferies intricately weaves a tapestry of the English countryside, illuminating the flora and fauna that inhabit it. Written in the late 19th century, this work reflects the naturalistic observations characteristic of the Victorian era, revealing not only the beauty of nature but also its inherent struggles. Jefferies' lyrical prose is both descriptive and reflective, inviting readers to immerse themselves in the rhythms of rural life, making it a seminal text for those interested in natural history and ecological consciousness. Richard Jefferies, a self-educated naturalist and author from Wiltshire, England, draws deeply from his own experiences as a child raised in the countryside. His keen observations of wildlife and deep empathy for nature stem from a life intertwined with the landscapes he described. Jefferies' passion for the natural world shines through in this work, which is also layered with existential reflections, revealing his recognition of humanity's place within the larger ecosystem. "Wild Life in a Southern County" is highly recommended for readers seeking a profound connection to nature and a deeper understanding of rural England during the Victorian era. With its rich observational detail and lyrical elegance, this book stands as a timeless testament to the beauty and complexity of the natural world, sure to resonate with ecologists, historians, and lovers of literature alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 295
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4064066206512
• Artikelnr.: 58755597

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
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.