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The English countryside has long inspired poets and naturalists, but few writers captured the lives of those who worked the land as vividly as Richard Jefferies.

In The Toilers of the Field, Jefferies turns his keen eye from the landscape itself to the men and women whose labour shaped rural England. Through a series of thoughtful essays, he explores the daily routines, hardships, traditions, and changing conditions of agricultural life during the Victorian era, preserving a remarkable portrait of a world that was already beginning to disappear.
Inside this volume you will discover:

  • The everyday lives of Victorian farm labourers
  • Traditional farming practices and country customs
  • The changing landscape of rural England
  • Social conditions in nineteenth-century agricultural communities
  • Jefferies' insightful observations of work, nature, and rural society
  • A valuable historical record of English country life
Written by one of Britain's greatest nature writers, The Toilers of the Field combines literary elegance with careful observation. More than a study of farming, it offers a compassionate account of the people whose lives were inseparable from the land they cultivated.
Whether your interests include rural history, English social history, agriculture, or classic nature writing, this enduring work remains one of Richard Jefferies' most thoughtful and rewarding books.
Add this beautifully restored edition to your historical library today.

Número de páginas :117
Isbn 13 :9798191986968
Encadernação The Toilers of the Field: Rural Life, Agricultural Labour, and Victorian England:Capa dura
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