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Delphi Complete Works Of William Henry Hudson Illustrated eBook

de W. H. Hudson
idioma: inglês
Editor: Delphi Publishing Ltd, agosto de 2024 ‧
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Born in Argentina, W. H. Hudson was a late Victorian author, naturalist and ornithologist, best known today for his exotic romances, including his masterpiece ‘Green Mansions’. He also published important works of non-fiction, including a series of books on the English countryside, which due to their imaginative descriptions helped foster the "back-to-nature" movement of the 1920’s and 1930’s. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Hudson’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)



* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hudson’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* All the novels, with individual contents tables
* Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* Rare story collections
* Includes Hudson’s complete non-fiction - spend hours exploring the author’s naturalist works
* Features the compelling memoir of the author’s early years in Argentina
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres



CONTENTS:



The Novels
The Purple Land that England Lost (1885)
A Crystal Age (1887)
Ralph Herne (1888)
Fan (1892)
Idle Days in Patagonia (1893)
Green Mansions (1904)
A Little Boy Lost (1905)



The Shorter Fiction
El Ombú (1902)
Tales of the Pampas (1916)
Dead Man’s Plack and An Old Thorn (1920)
A Traveller in Little Things (1921)



The Non-Fiction
Argentine Ornithology (1888)
The Naturalist in La Plata (1892)
Birds in London (1898)
Nature in Downland (1900)
Birds and Man (1901)
Hampshire Days (1903)
Land’s End (1908)
Afoot in England (1909)
A Shepherd’s Life (1910)
Adventures among Birds (1913)
An Outline History of English Literature (1913)
The Book of a Naturalist (1919)
Birds in Town and Village (1919)
A Hind in Richmond Park (1922)
Rare Vanishing and Lost British Birds (1923)
Articles from ‘Popular Science Monthly’



The Autobiography
Far Away and Long Ago (1918)

Delphi Complete Works Of William Henry Hudson Illustrated

de W. H. Hudson

Propriedade Descrição
ISBN: 9781801701983
Editor: Delphi Publishing Ltd
Data de Lançamento: agosto de 2024
Idioma: Inglês
Páginas: 4844
Tipo de produto: eBook
Formato e Compatibilidade:
Coleção: Delphi Series Fourteen
Classificação Temática: eBooks em Inglês > Outros
EAN: 9781801701983
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W. H. Hudson

William Henry Hudson [Argentina, 1841 – Inglaterra, 1922] foi escritor, naturalista e ornitólogo. Viveu em Inglaterra desde 1869. Produziu uma série de estudos ornitológicos, incluindo Argentine Ornithology (1888-1899) e British Birds (1895), e mais tarde ficou famoso pelas suas obras sobre a Inglaterra rural, entre as quais Hampshire Days (1903), Afoot in England (1909) e A Shepherd's Life (1910). Os seus livros mais conhecidos são o romance Green Mansions (1904) e a obra de não-ficção Far Away and Long Ago (1918). As suas outras obras incluem The Purple Land (That England Lost) (1885), A Crystal Age (1887), The Naturalist in La Plata (1892), A Little Boy Lost (1905), Birds in Town and Village (1919), Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn (1920) e A Traveller in Little Things (1921).

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