The Toilers of the Field - Brossura

Jefferies, Richard

 
9781108025324: The Toilers of the Field

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Vivid and realistic descriptions of the daily lives of Victorian English farmers and labourers, first published in 1892.

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Descrizione del libro

Richard Jefferies (1848–87) remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. This volume, first published posthumously in 1892, contains a collection of essays vividly describing the daily life, circumstances and hardships of Victorian English farmers, labourers and their wives.

Contenuti

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.

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