Britain's woodland are cherished by everyone who loves the countryside and values its richness. Few people who have been lucky enough to see a bluebell wood in spring will forget this magical experience, and the spleandour of an ancient oakwood is a truly impressive sight.
A collection of photographs that the world of leafy hedgerows and quiet country lanes, of small lush meadows and tranquil villages inhabited by local people rather than commuters, and of harvest scenes where the fruits of the year were gathered by whole families without a tractor in sight.
A portrait of the part of England where Thomas Hardy was born and where he set so many of his best-loved novels, short stories and poems. Published to coincide with celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of Hardy's birth, this book contains reproductions of paintings which not only capture the spirit of the countryside that Hardy knew, loved and described so memorably, but also reflect the passion of a lifetime on the part of the artist.
A book of traditional farm animals featuring a hundred new paintings, written and illustrated by a wildlife and landscape artist and campaigner for the preservation of the English countryside. The text reflects his dismay at the diminishing numbers of England's rich variety of farm animals.
Poems of the Countryside Beningfield, Gordon
Beningfield's English Landscape
FIRST EDITION. 1985 Select Editions oblong hardcover, British import. Thomas Hardy. “The Darkling Thrush” is a poem by the English poet and novelist Thomas Hardy. The poem describes a desolate world, which the poem’s speaker takes as cause for despair and hopelessness. However, a bird (the “thrush”) bursts onto the scene, singing a beautiful and hopeful song—so hopeful that the speaker wonders whether the bird knows something that the speaker doesn’t. -
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