Touring the southern counties of England by foot and on horseback from the white cliffs of Dover to the heart of the countryside, William Cobbett recorded a swiftly changing way of life with energy, wit, passion and principle. Here he juxtaposes lyrical evocations of oaken wealds, cornfields, rolling downs and shaded lanes with acerbic attacks on the poverty of starving agricultural workers and the corrupt establishment of his day.Generations of inhabitants have helped shape the English countryside – but it has profoundly shaped us too.It has provoked a huge variety of responses from artists, writers, musicians and people who live and work on the land – as well as those who are travelling through it.English Journeys celebrates this long tradition with a series of twenty books on all aspects of the countryside, from stargazey pie and country churches, to man’s relationship with nature and songs celebrating the patterns of the countryside (as well as ghosts and love-struck soldiers).
William Cobbett
From Dover to the Wen [EPUB ebook]
From Dover to the Wen [EPUB ebook]
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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780141932804 ● Editura Penguin Books Ltd ● Publicat 2009 ● Descărcabil 6 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 2270287 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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