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Re: In Praise of Life - Richard Jefferies
Dec 19, 2016, 18:29
GLADMAN wrote:
Not sure about this... Didn't Jeffries write 'After London'? Not in praise of life.... since he was known for carrying a gun?

Emily St John Mandel did it much better?


I haven't read 'After London' and didn't know he carried a gun?? (although one his books is about game-keeping I believe). He was an educated Victorian trying to earn a living as a writer who died before he was 40. No one is perfect, we ebb and flow according to what is going on around us. All I can say is when walking in the Wiltshire countryside the young Richard Jefferies seemed to go into an almost mystical mind set. Evergreen Dazed has kindly posted a link to Story Of My Heart which also my favourite of RJ's book - if you find time to dip into it, you won't be disappointed. I will check out Emily St John Mandel, who I don't know anything about.
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