The English Year: A Literary Journey Through the Seasons

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Author: ISBN: 9780857657633
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers Ltd Publication: June 4, 2012
Imprint: Summersdale Publishers Ltd Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780857657633
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers Ltd
Publication: June 4, 2012
Imprint: Summersdale Publishers Ltd
Language: English

‘Hard is his heart that loveth naught in May.’ Geoffrey Chaucer

12 June: ‘Male glow-worms, attracted by the light of the candles, come into the parlour. The distant hills look very blue.’ Gilbert White, 1791

Join some of England’s best-loved writers in this day-by-day celebration of an English year, from the frosty mornings of January through to the buds of spring and blooms of summer, from the autumn harvest to the festivities of Christmas. Diary entries by literary figures such as Gilbert White, Dorothy Wordsworth and Thomas Hardy guide us through the year, accompanied by poems and quotations celebrating the changing seasons.

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‘Hard is his heart that loveth naught in May.’ Geoffrey Chaucer

12 June: ‘Male glow-worms, attracted by the light of the candles, come into the parlour. The distant hills look very blue.’ Gilbert White, 1791

Join some of England’s best-loved writers in this day-by-day celebration of an English year, from the frosty mornings of January through to the buds of spring and blooms of summer, from the autumn harvest to the festivities of Christmas. Diary entries by literary figures such as Gilbert White, Dorothy Wordsworth and Thomas Hardy guide us through the year, accompanied by poems and quotations celebrating the changing seasons.

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