Field and Hedgerow - Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
Field and Hedgerow - Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies

Author: Richard Jefferies

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2015-02-10

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1473399009

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Originally published in 1889, this is a work by the English writer Richard Jefferies. It is a collection of essays on rural English life and is a wonderful read for any fans of nature writing. We are republishing this work with a brand new introductory biography of the author.

Field and Hedgerow, Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies (Classic Reprint)
Field and Hedgerow, Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies (Classic Reprint)

Author: Richard Jefferies

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-08

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9781451008722

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Excerpt from Field and Hedgerow, Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies T be F ortm'glztly Review. St. James's Gazette. Manelzester Guardian. Art journal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Field and Hedgerow
Field and Hedgerow

Author: Richard Jefferies

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-09-27

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781517534875

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"Field and Hedgerow" from Richard Jefferies. English nature writer (1848-1887).

Field and Hedgerow
Field and Hedgerow

Author: Richard Jefferies

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-11-11

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781502969187

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"[...]like the empty shells; from the sweet delicious violets think out fresh petals of thought and colours, as it were, of soul. Never was such a worshipper of earth. The commonest pebble, dusty and marked with the stain of the ground, seems to me so wonderful; my mind works round it till it becomes the sun and centre of a system of thought and feeling. Sometimes moving aside the tufts of grass with careless fingers while resting on the sward, I found these little pebble-stones loose in the crumbly earth among the rootlets. Then, brought out from the shadow, the sunlight shone and glistened on the particles of sand that adhered to it. Particles adhered to my skin—thousands of years between finger and thumb, these atoms of quartz, and sunlight shining all that time, and flowers blooming and life glowing in all, myriads of living things, from the cold still limpet on the rock to the burning, throbbing heart of man. Sometimes I found them among the sand of the heath, the sea of golden brown[...]".