It was on the summit of Liddington at the age of about eighteen, as he relates in The Story of My Heart, that his unusual sensitivity to nature began to induce in him a powerful inner awakening - a desire for a larger existence or reality ...
Richard Jefferies. BUCKHURST. PARK. An old beech tree had been broken off about five feet from the ground, and becoming hollow within, was filled with the decay of its own substance. In this woodsorrel had taken root, and flower and ...
The Gamekeeper at Home and The Amateur Poacher (also reissued in this series) were both collections of essays in the style of reminiscences of a rural way of life which, though never idyllic, was by the 1870s beginning to undergo a period ...
This work, an introspective depiction of his thoughts and feelings on the world, gained him the reputation of a nature mystic at the time.
It was on the summit of Liddington at the age of about eighteen, as he relates in The Story of My Heart, that his unusual sensitivity to nature began to induce in him a powerful inner awakening - a desire for a larger existence or reality ...
Reproduction of the original: The Hills and the Vale by Richard Jefferies
We are republishing this work with a brand new short introductory biography of the author.
Originally published in 1881, this work by English nature writer, Richard Jefferies, is a novel. It follows the story of his child-hero, Bevis, who lives on a farm named 'Longpond', explores the countryside and meets the wildlife.
Reproduction of the original: Amaryllis at the Fair by Richard Jefferies
It was on the summit of Liddington at the age of about eighteen, as he relates in The Story of My Heart, that his unusual sensitivity to nature began to induce in him a powerful inner awakening - a desire for a larger existence or reality ...
It was on the summit of Liddington at the age of about eighteen, as he relates in The Story of My Heart, that his unusual sensitivity to nature began to induce in him a powerful inner awakening - a desire for a larger existence or reality ...
It was on the summit of Liddington at the age of about eighteen, as he relates in The Story of My Heart, that his unusual sensitivity to nature began to induce in him a powerful inner awakening - a desire for a larger existence or reality ...
Country Vignettes: Descriptive Passages Selected from the Writings of Richard Jefferies
Richard Jefferies: An Anthology
About this time he wrote his extraordinary autobiography, The Story of My Heart: An Autobiography (1883).
Thoughts from the Writings of Richard Jefferies
This work, an introspective depiction of his thoughts and feelings on the world, gained him the reputation of a nature mystic at the time.
The Williamses anchor Jefferies' profound inquiry to our churning world and illuminate their own passionate quests for truth and understanding.
Some Spirit Land: Found Poems from the Essays of Richard Jefferies
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.