Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Wood Magic: A Fable (1881) By: Richard Jefferies, In Two Volume's (Volume 2) Original Classics: John Richard Jefferies (6 NovembISBN13:9781547291083ISBN10:1547291087Author:Jefferies, Richard (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - 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 Includes A Diversity Of Genres And Topics, Including Bevis (1882), A Classic Children's Book, And After London (1885), An Early 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 On 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 John Richard Jefferies (He Used The First Name Only During His Childhood) Was Born At Coate, In The Parish Of Chiseldon, Near Swindon, Wiltshire, The Son Of A Farmer, James Luckett Jefferies (1816-1896) His Birthplace And Home Is Now A Museum Open To The Public James Jefferies Had The Farm From His Father, John Jefferies, Who Had Been A London Printer Before Returning To Swindon To Run The Family Mill And Bakery Richard's Mother, Elizabeth Gyde (1817-1895), Always Called Betsy, Was The Daughter Of John Jefferies's Binder And Manager These Relationships Are Mirrored In The Characters Of Jefferies's Late Novel Amaryllis At The Fair (1887); And The Portraits Of The Family In The Novel Tally With External Accounts Of The Jefferies James Jefferies, Like Iden In Amaryllis, Was Devoted To His Garden, While Struggling To Make A Financial Success Of The Farm The Garden, Lovingly Recalled In Wood Magic And Amaryllis, Also Makes A Strong Impression On The Memories Of Those Who Knew The Jefferies At The Time Betsy, Like Iden's Wife, Seems To Have Been Dissatisfied With Life On The Farm: A Town-Bred Woman With A Beautiful Face And A Pleasure-Loving Soul, Kind And Generous To A Fault, But Unsuited To A Country Life The Farm Was Very Small, With 39 Acres (160,000 M2) Of Pasture; And A Mortgage Of 1500 Would Later Begin A Slide Into Debt For James Jefferies, Who Lost The Farm In 1877 And Became A Jobbing Gardener But These Difficulties Were Less Evident In Richard's Childhood The Situation Was Much As In After London (1885), Where The Farming And Gardening Baron Is Again Based On James Jefferies: The Whole Place Was Thus Falling To Decay, While At The Same Time It Seemed To Be Flowing With Milk And Honey One Part Of The Jefferies Family Is Strikingly Missing From The Books In Wood Magic, Bevis And Amaryllis, The Hero (Or Heroine) Has No Siblings; Only After London Gives The Main Character Brothers And Depicts The Imperfect Sympathy Between Them James And Elizabeth's First Child, Ellen, Had Died Young; But Richard Had Two Younger Brothers And A Younger Sister Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-06-10Weight:0.42 lbsDimensions:0.18'' H x 10'' L x 7.99'' WNumber of Pages:86Language:English
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Book Title: Wood Magic : a Fable (1881). by: Richard Jefferies, in Two Volume's (VOLUME 2). Original Classics : 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
Number of Pages: 86 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Item Height: 0.2 in
Topic: General
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 8.8 Oz
Author: Richard Jefferies
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
