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The Life of the Fields
Richard Jefferies
Summer unrolls like a pageant, and Richard Jefferies drinks it in. His essays wander the English fields through oak bark and meadow thought, catching the play of light, bird, and season. Lyrical, sensuous, and steeped in love of the land. A classic of English nature writing that makes an ordinary field feel infinite. Lie down in the grass and let the summer speak.
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31 chapters
- 1THE LIFE OF THE FIELDS
- 2CONTENTS
- 3THE PAGEANT OF SUMMER
- 4THE PAGEANT OF SUMMER
- 5II
- 6THE FIELD-PLAY
- 7II
- 8BITS OF OAK BARK
- 9II
- 10III
- 11MEADOW THOUGHTS
- 12CLEMATIS LANE
- 13NATURE NEAR BRIGHTON
- 14SEA, SKY, AND DOWN
- 15JANUARY IN THE SUSSEX WOODS
- 16THE WATER-COLLEY
- 17NOTES ON LANDSCAPE PAINTING
- 18II
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