A Shepherd's Life
$22.52
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2016
Summary
A classic of English rural life by a writer admired by Hemingway, published in Classics for the first time
Considered a classic at the time of its publication in 1910, A Shepherd’s Life is a rare account of the lives of those who lived on and worked the land in nineteenth-century rural Britain. A masterful work of prose, W. H. Hudson focuses on the story of one man, a Wiltshire shepherd named Caleb Bawcombe, whose tales of sheep dogs, farmer’s wives, poachers and local fairs become a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241273357 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241273358 |
| Author: | W.H. Hudson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
W.H. Hudson
W. H. Hudson was a writer, naturalist, and founding member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Born and raised in Argentina, he settled in England in 1874. The author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, his writing was acclaimed by both Jorge Luis Borges and Ernest Hemingway, and his work is now considered part of the national literature of Argentina. He died in Worthing, Sussex, in 1922.
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