The Open Air [Paperback]

Richard Jefferies (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 26, 2005

Essays on life in Rural England in the 19th. Century.

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About the Author

Richard Jeffries (1848-1887) gained his first writing experience composing descriptive sketches for the North Wilts Advertiser and then became a regular reporter for the North Wilts Herald. In 1873 he published The Goddards of North Wilts, a piece of family history. The money he received for this allowed him to publish his first novel, The Scarlet Shawl. Returning to newspaper writing he contributed a series of papers on rural life to influential papers, and in 1877 a collection of these from the Pall Mall Gazette were published as Gamekeeper at Home, followed in 1879 by Wild Life in a Southern County. He continued to produce popular books about rural life, but also resumed his fictional writings. From 1881 he was afflicted by a series of debilitating illnesses and during his last two years couldn't hold a pen and was required to dictate his work to his wife. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Echo Library (November 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1846378702
• ISBN-13: 978-1846378706
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,408,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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