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Bevis

Richard Jefferies ; edited with an introduction by Peter Hunt

(The world's classics)

Oxford University Press, 1989

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Bibliography: p. xxiii-xxv

Summary: The adventures of a boy growing up in the English countryside in the nineteenth century

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Description

John Richard Jefferies (1848-87) was a renowned naturalist and author who was admired by Kenneth Grahame, Arthur Ransome and W.H.Auden among others and had a considerable influence on British children's literature. "Bevis" (written in 1882) was an extremely popular book about childhood, appreciated by adults and children alike. Based on the author's own childhood in Wiltshire, it depicted an ideal countryside in which Bevis and his friends enjoyed their adventures. The book was considered both an honest account of the amorality of boyhood and an accurate portrayal of outdoor living.

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  • NCID
    BA10778156
  • ISBN
    • 0192822292
  • LCCN
    88025423
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxviii, 432 p.
  • Size
    19 cm
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