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Hodge and His Masters is a collection of essays which appeared originally as a series of journal pieces with a running theme, first published together as a two volume edition under this title in 1880. Richard Jefferies described the plight of 'Hodge', a contemporary nick-name for the agricultural labourer, and his relationship to those who set the conditions that controlled his life: the farmers, the squire, the clergy and the guardians of the workhouse. Using his firsthand knowledge of the country and farming people he produced a series of vivid fictional characters as the vehicles for his story.
Although the book has often been classified as a novel, indeed Jefferies may himself have regarded it as such, it does not have the traditional structure of one, lacking a real plot or a strong feeling of continuity through the chapters. What Hodge and His Masters does very successfully is paint, in a succession of graphic portraits, the men and women that made up the farming community of a century ago. Jefferies writes with such passion and his descriptions are so vivid that we have no difficulty in identifying with his characters and their concerns.
Although the book has often been classified as a novel, indeed Jefferies may himself have regarded it as such, it does not have the traditional structure of one, lacking a real plot or a strong feeling of continuity through the chapters. What Hodge and His Masters does very successfully is paint, in a succession of graphic portraits, the men and women that made up the farming community of a century ago. Jefferies writes with such passion and his descriptions are so vivid that we have no difficulty in identifying with his characters and their concerns.
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- EditoreSutton Pub Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione1992
- ISBN 10 075090206X
- ISBN 13 9780750902069
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine288
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