Richard Jefferies

Reproduction of the original: After London by Richard JefferiesAuthor: Richard JefferiesISBN-10: 3732696219ISBN-13: 9783732696215Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/23/2018Pages: 182Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.42d

After London, can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction": after some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life.Author: Richard JefferiesISBN-10: 1519352611ISBN-13: 9781519352613Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

Remarkable in its early take on the apocalypse. -- examiner.comA catastrophe has descended upon England. London is now a pestilent swamp, dotted with the ghostly remains of ancient buildings. A giant lake dominates the center of the country, towns have collapsed and given way...

The World as mankind knew it has come to a end. Nature and civilization are recovering from disaster. The few survivors of man, live in a quasi-medieval society. One of the earliest and best post-apocalypse novels ever written!!Author: Richard JefferiesISBN-10: 1387673211ISBN-13: 9781387673216Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

After London by Richard Jefferies Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of post-apocalyptic fiction. After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part,...

This sci-fi classic depicts a London destroyed by a cataclysmic event, with the remnants of England's population beginning a primitive society in the countryside. With a background in studying the rural regions of England, professional naturalist turned novelist Richard Jefferies took to authoring a...

This sci-fi classic depicts a London destroyed by a cataclysmic event, with the remnants of England's population beginning a primitive society in the countryside. With a background in studying the rural regions of England, professional naturalist turned novelist Richard Jefferies took to authoring a...

After London presents a version of England many generations after an apocalyptic event has drastically depopulated the country, leaving nature to take back the land and human survivors to scrape what they can from their surroundings. Petty kings and corrupt republics rule from the...

"The old men say their fathers told them that soon after the fields were left to themselves a change began to be visible."After an apocalyptic event has decimated London, Richard Jeffries tells how England returns to a state of nature and surviving people live...

This sci-fi classic depicts a London destroyed by a cataclysmic event, with the remnants of England's population beginning a primitive society in the countryside.With a background in studying the rural regions of England, professional naturalist turned novelist Richard Jefferies took to authoring a story...

John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 - 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him...

One could consider Jefferies' book to be a groundbreaking piece of post-apocalyptic literature. After a sudden, unexplained tragedy has killed out the majority of England's population, the countryside returns to its natural state, and those who are left choose a fairly archaic way of...

The old men say their fathers told them that soon after the fields were left to themselves a change began to be visible. It became green everywhere in the first spring, after London ended, so that all the country looked alike. The meadows were...

John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 - 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him...

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"Bevis" is a classic children's novel by English nature writer John Richard Jefferies, first published in 1882. Often called "the British Huckleberry Finn", "Bevis" is a charming tale of childhood adventure and exploration. This novel is a timeless classic, and it would make for...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Bevis is a charming tale of boyhood adventure. An inspiration for Arthur Ransom and Swallows and Amazons, the story follows Bevis and Mark as they explore the woods and ponds around them. Inspired by The Odyssey as the Blacketts are by Treasure Island their...

One morning a large wooden case was brought to the farmhouse, and Bevis, impatient to see what was in it, ran for the hard chisel and the hammer, and would not consent to put off the work of undoing it for a moment. It...

Bevis: The Story of a Boy By Richard JefferiesAuthor: Richard JefferiesISBN-10: 1985196344ISBN-13: 9781985196346Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2018Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.47d

"The Life of the Fields" and "Field and Hedgerow," by Richard Jefferies, are delightful books for lover of the country. - The Parents' Review"A July fly went sideways over the long grass. His wings made a burr about him like a net, beating so...

"The Life of the Fields" and "Field and Hedgerow," by Richard Jefferies, are delightful books for lover of the country. - The Parents' Review"A July fly went sideways over the long grass. His wings made a burr about him like a net, beating so...

(John) Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) is best known for his prolific and sensitive writing on natural history, rural life and agriculture in late Victorian England. However, a closer examination of his career reveals a many-sided author who was something of an enigma. To some people...

"Field and Hedgerow" from Richard Jefferies. English nature writer (1848-1887).Author: Richard JefferiesISBN-10: 1517534879ISBN-13: 9781517534875Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2015Pages: 182Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.39d

Hodge and His Masters By Richard JefferiesAuthor: Richard JefferiesISBN-10: 1974278816ISBN-13: 9781974278817Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/12/2017Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.28d

By the Early Holocene (10,000 to 8,000 B.P.), small wandering bands of Archaic hunter-gatherers began to annually follow the same hunting trails, basing their temporary camps on seasonal conditions and the presence of food. The Pleistocene glaciers had receded by this time, making food...

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It is usually supposed to be necessary to go far into the country to find wild birds and animals in sufficient numbers to be pleasantly studied. Such was certainly my own impression till circumstances led me, for the convenience of access to London, to...

Nature Near London, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. The whole book has...

John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 - 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him...

A scholarly edition of a significant and exciting late Victorian science fiction novel Richard Jefferies' After London is uncanny and intriguing, an adventure story, quest romance, dystopia, and Darwinian novel rolled into one, but also a pioneering work of Victorian science fiction. Imagining a...

The great house at Okebourne Chace stands in the midst of the park, and from the southern windows no dwellings are visible. Near at hand the trees appear isolated, but further away insensibly gather together, and above them rises the distant Down crowned with...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Richard JefferiesISBN-10: 1514388812ISBN-13: 9781514388815Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come...

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John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 - 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him...

Excerpt from The Gamekeeper at Home: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life Those who delight in roaming about amongst the fields and lanes, or have spent any time in a country house, can hardly have failed to notice the custodian of the woods...

Those who delight in roaming about amongst the fields and lanes, or have spent any time in a country house, can hardly have failed to notice the custodian of the woods and covers, or to observe that he is often something of a "character."...

Preface: "Those who delight in roaming about amongst the fields and lanes, or have spent any time in a country house, can hardly have failed to notice the custodian of the woods and covers, or to observe that he is often something of a...

The book "" The Gamekeeper at Home: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern...

This book consists of three unpublished essays and of fifteen reprinted from Longman's Magazine, Fraser's Magazine, the New Quarterly, Knowledge, Chambers's Magazine, the Graphic, and the Standard, where they have probably been little noticed since the time of their appearance. Several more volumes of...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Richard JefferiesISBN-10: 1499573103ISBN-13: 9781499573107Publisher: Createspace Independent...

Green rushes, long and thick, standing up above the edge of the ditch, told the hour of the year as distinctly as the shadow on the dial the hour of the day. Green and thick and sappy to the touch, they felt like summer,...

The Life of the Fields By Richard JefferiesAuthor: Richard JefferiesISBN-10: 1981950095ISBN-13: 9781981950096Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2017Pages: 172Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.37d

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

"The Life of the Fields" and "Field and Hedgerow," by Richard Jefferies, are delightful books for lover of the country. - The Parents' Review"The lost leaves measure our years; they are gone as the days are gone, and the bare branches silently speak of...

"The Life of the Fields" and "Field and Hedgerow," by Richard Jefferies, are delightful books for lover of the country. - The Parents' Review"The lost leaves measure our years; they are gone as the days are gone, and the bare branches silently speak of...

The lost leaves measure our years; they are gone as the days are gone, and the bare branches silently speak of a new year, slowly advancing to its buds, its foliage, and fruit. Deciduous trees associate with human life as this yew never can....

The lost leaves measure our years; they are gone as the days are gone, and the bare branches silently speak of a new year, slowly advancing to its buds, its foliage, and fruit. Deciduous trees associate with human life as this yew never can....