Weight | 0.408 kg |
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Dimensions | 215 × 161 × 19 mm |
ISBN | 9780956254511 |
Cover | Paperback |
Publication Year | 2009 |
Publisher | Little Toller Books |
£14.00
The South Country
Acutely sensitive to rhythms of the countryside, Edward Thomas’s lyrical, passionate, and sometimes political writing merges natural history with folk culture, and gives us a free-form record of the feelings and observations of one of the great poets of the English language. This centenary edition includes a preface by Edward Thomas’s wife, Helen.
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