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Preface
4:01 -
I Leave My Farm
40:27 -
I Whistle
29:27 -
The House by the Side of the Road
29:19 -
A Mighty Battle, in which Christian Again Meets Apollyon
39:04 -
I Play the Part of a Spectacle Peddler
35:48 -
An Experiment in Human Nature
37:53 -
The Undiscovered Country
31:07 -
The Hedge
35:26 -
The Man Possessed
38:52 -
I am Caught up into Life
39:50 -
I Grapple with the City
40:56 -
The Return
30:49
The Friendly Road (1913) is a public domain work.
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A farmer puts aside the demands of planting season and sets out on foot through the spring countryside. With a bag over his shoulder, he discovers how stubbornly the habits of farm work follow him, even when there are no cows nearby to milk. David Grayson's first person account combines walking adventures with reflections on possessions, routine and the freedom to spend a morning without a fixed purpose.
Published in 1913, these linked sketches follow country roads into encounters with a minister, gardeners, a peddler and people in the city. The narrative also pauses over smaller experiences: sunshine in the woods, birdsong, a roadside brook and the wish to share a view with a friend. Readers interested in rural life and reflective travel writing will find a personal examination of contentment, shaped by both ordinary landscapes and the people who inhabit them.
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- Author
- David Grayson
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Genre
- Travel Memoir
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- Sue Anderson