Opening with the green rushes of a ditch in high summer, these essays catch the English countryside in fine-grained detail: the pageant of summer, a field at play, the bark of oak trees, a Roman brook where trout lie under the fall, meadow thoughts, and a lane hung with clematis. A few pieces carry Jefferies to Paris and its streets.
Some of the finest nature prose in English, from the author of The Story of My Heart. Download the free EPUB.