Born and brought up in Suffolk, Ronald Blythe produced an instant classic with Akenfield Only a man who had lived all his life in Suffolk could produce such a vivid and accurate portrayal of Akenfield and its inhabitants.  Ronald Blythe recounts the personal recollections of, among others, the local schoolkeeper, doctor, blacksmith, saddler, district nurse and magistrate as they discussed farming, education, welfare, class, religion and death. Originally published in 1969, 'Arkenfield' forms a unique document of a way of life that has, in many ways, disappeared. It reverberates with voices of survivors of the Great War evoking days gone by and reflects the concerns of a younger generation of farm workers in the midst of the second agricultural revolution - the land producing more but employing fewer men.  It is a penetrating, unprejudiced, caring account of rural life, tapping into a variety of contemporary concerns about agriculture, the environment and the destruction of the traditional countryside.

Akenfield

Politics & Social Sciences

BLYTHE, Ronald

Social Sciences

Penguin Uk

A richly observant, beautifully written record of parish life in rural England by the author of Word from Wormingford and Akenfield.

Out of the Valley: Another Year at Wormingford

Biographies & Memoirs

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) developed a variety of identities as a writer: essayist, philosopher, critic of literature, drama and art, biographer, political commentator, and polemicist. Praised for his eloquence, he was also reviled by conservatives for his radical politics. This edition, thematically organized for ease of access, contains some of his best-known essays, such as "The Indian Jugglers" and "The Fight," as well as more obscure pieces on politics, philosophy, and culture.

William Hazlitt Selected Writings

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Group USA

This colourful, perceptive portrayal of English country life reverberates with the voices of the village inhabitants, from the reminiscences of survivors of the Great War evoking days gone by, to the concerns of a younger generation of farm-workers and the fascinating and personal recollections of, among others, the local schoolteacher, doctor, blacksmith, saddler, district nurse and magistrate. Providing insights into farming, education, welfare, class, religion and death, Akenfield forms a unique document of a way of life that has, in many ways, disappeared.

20th Century Akenfield

History

Penguin Classic

Modern Classics Akenfield

Born and brought up in rural Suffolk, Ronald Blythe was fascinated by the rhythms of country life and the stories of the people he had known since childhood. In this perceptive and moving evocation of his home, the villagers speak candidly about their lives, from the reminiscences of survivors of the First World War to a younger generation of farm workers, as well as the personal recollections of a school teacher, blacksmith, saddler, bellringer and district nurse. Together they give us the voice of a village, and of a vanished rural England. Generations of inhabitants have helped shape the English countryside - but it has profoundly shaped us too.It has provoked a huge variety of responses from artists, writers, musicians and people who live and work on the land - as well as those who are travelling through it.English Journeys celebrates this long tradition with a series of twenty books on all aspects of the countryside, from stargazey pie and country churches, to man's relationship with nature and songs celebrating the patterns of the countryside (as well as ghosts and love-struck soldiers).

English Journeys Voices Of Akenfield

Travel

Examines the relationship between the natural world and the writings of Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Hardy, William Hazlitt, and other authors

Characters and Their Landscapes

History & Criticism

Harcourt

The View in Winter: Reflections on Old Age

The words of old people in an English village--a schoolmaster, a miner's mother, soldiers of the First World War, and others--and the words of those charged with their care are shared with the reader in poignant, recorded self-revelations

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The Visitors: The Stories of Ronald Blythe

British & Irish

Characters And Their Landscapes

Classics

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