The Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing - reissues of long-lost seminal works. The titles have been chosen by one of Britain's best known and highly acclaimed nature writers, Robert Macfarlane, who has also written new introductions that put these classics into a modern context. Nature Near London is a collection of observational pieces from locations near London at the end of the 19th Century. The depth of knowledge and of familiarity with particular places and particular species gives the impression that each small piece is the product of many years of observation. His style of observation is a work in miniature - cataloguing the most minute details; the dancing of a flower in the wind or the darting of a cautious trout. The chapters centre on a special place, a certain species, geographical feature or habitat - everything from orchards and copses to rivers and streams. Jefferies always explains the typical behaviour of whatever he is describing, and often contrasts what he sees with what one would expect to see in another part of the country, or in a different season. His knowledge of flowers is wide-ranging, and his ability to describe one particular patch of a field in such a specific way brings tremendous variety to the chapters that make up the book. The final chapters are a departure - both from the character of the rest of the book, and from London itself, as Jefferies boards the train to Brighton. Suddenly he is describing people and their relationship to nature, as much as nature itself. The scope widens, less a work in miniature, more surging towards a triumphant end as Jefferies becomes ever more philosophical. 100 years on, the book becomes even more relevant than when it was published - as a reminder of the dangers of unrelenting urbanisation, but also the context of the trend that aims to recreate nature where we need it most - around our cities. Nature near London is a portrait of what we've lost, and a reminder of nature's positive and calming influence. Going along with Jefferies is like taking an afternoon stroll out of the city, without having to leave your armchair.

Nature Near London (Collins Nature Library)

Richard, Jefferies

Collins

<p>A Full Set of Penguin Books - English Journeys 20 Volumes [Paperback] Blythe, Collis, Cobbett, Davison, Fiennes, Houseman, James, Jeffries,Jekyll, Jen</p>

A Full Set of Penguin Books - English Journeys 20 Volumes

Henry, James

Alan Davidson

Gertrude, Jekyll

William, Cobbett

A.E. Housman

Ronald Blythe

John Stewart Collis

Celia Fiennes

Penguin

Richard Jefferies (1848-1847) remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. In Wild Life in a Southern County, originally published in 1879, Jefferies describes the countryside of the Downs, the natural habitats, wildlife and people in his highly descriptive and lyrical style.

Wild Life in a Southern County

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Moonraker Press

The Story of My Heart: My Autobiography (Classic Reprint)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Forgotten Books

Works: Red Deer

History

HardPress Limited

<p>Amaryllis at the Fair (first published in 1887) portrays the highs and lows of everyday life on a small, debt-ridden family farm. At Coombe Oaks, Farmer Iden is out in all weathers, planting and sowing; his wife is in the dairy or staving off creditors; and their sensitive, artistic daughter, Amaryllis, is watching it all and praying for salvation. With a host of expertly-drawn minor characters, including miserly Grandfather Iden, loyal George the labourer and dissolute landowner's son Raleigh Pamment, Jefferies gives a rounded picture of a rural community - and in the noble Iden paints a fond portrait of his own farmer father...</p>

Amaryllis at the Fair: A Novel

Charles River Books

Amaryllis at the Fair (Alan Sutton Pocket Classics Series)

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Sutton Pub Ltd

Under the Acorns: A Selection of Essays

published by Horizon Handmade Books, Warwickshire

The Old House at Coate

Ex-Libris Press

The Farmer's World: Richard Jefferies' Agricultural Journalism in the Late 1870s

Petton Books

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