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The Hills and the Vale

by Richard Jefferies

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1909
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Fields, village buildings and the changing countryside occupy Richard Jefferies in this collection of eighteen essays. With an introduction by Edward Thomas, The Hills and the Vale brings together writing on Wiltshire labourers, the growth of Swindon, agricultural practice and outdoor life. Its contents also turn to spring birds, Marlborough Forest, skating and reflections on nature and eternity, giving the volume a range that extends from local observation to larger questions about human experience.

Jefferies pays close attention to how land is used. In one passage he contrasts a carefully managed farm, with drained fields and labour-saving equipment, against grazing ground crowded by hedges, weeds and neglected ditches. Machinery, housing, employment and the circulation of money become part of his account of rural life.

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Richard Jefferies

Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) was an English nature writer and novelist born on a Wiltshire farm at Coate. Celebrated for essays and books rooted in the countryside, among them The Story of My Heart and Bevis, he combined precise natural observation with mysticism before dying young of tuberculosis.

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First published
1909
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
158
Language
English
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