Why I Live in the Country

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

179 kr

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'The common denomination of seasonal beauty and wonder ties your experience to that of millions who have loved and always will love the country earth.'Fresh, lyrical and full of enchantment, the nature writing of H. E. Bates is alive with the joys of his beloved English countryside, from his hometown in Northamptonshire to the orchards of Kent. Bringing together a rich variety of his previously uncollected essays, Why I Live in the Country is an invitation to slow down, breathe in and look to the land for the wonders we might find there.From the first inklings of spring to the deep silence of midwinter, these essays move through the seasons of English rural life in a collection that celebrates the beauty in every hedgerow, field and tree.

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Utgivningsdatum2027-04-29
Mått129 x 198 x 15 mm
Vikt286 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieW&N Essentials
Antal sidor288
FörlagOrion Publishing Co
ISBN9781399602525

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H. E. Bates was born in Rushden, Northamptonshire, where he spent much of his youth wandering the footpaths of the surrounding countryside, often at night. After leaving school he worked as a reporter and a clerk in a shoe factory, where he wrote his first two novels between shifts. In 1931 he married Marjorie (Madge) Cox and they made their home in an old granary in Little Chart, Kent. Commissioned into the RAF to write short stories during the Second World War, he published under the pseudonym 'Flying Officer X'. Described by Graham Greene as Britain's successor to Chekhov, he wrote over a hundred novels and collections of short stories and was appointed CBE in 1973. Further success came posthumously with the adaptation for television of My Uncle Silas (1939), Love for Lydia (1952) and The Darling Buds of May (1958).