Our Village, Volume 1
(0 User reviews)
102
1893
English
- Preface
- Our Village
- Walks in the Country Pt 1, Frost and Thaw
- Walks in the Country Pt 2, The First Primrose
- Walks in the Country Pt 3 Violeting
- Walks in the Country Pt 4 The Cowslip- Ball
- Walks in the Country Ptr 5 The Hard Summer
- Walks in the Country Pt 6 Nutting
- Walks in the Country PT 7 The Visit
- Walks in the Country Pt 8 The Copse
- Walks in the Country Pt 9 The Wood
- Walks in the Country Pt 10 The Dell
- Walks in the Country Pt 11 The Old House at Aberleigh
- Walks in the Country Pt 12 The Shaw
- Walks in the Country Pt13 Hannah Bint
- Walks in the Country Pt 14 The Fall of The Leaf
- Hannah
- Modern Antiques
- A Great Farm House
- Lucy
- Bramley Maying
- Cousin Mary
- The Talking Lady
- Ellen
- A Country Cricket Match
- Tom Cordery
- An Old Bachelor
- A Village Beau
- The Talking Gentleman
- Mrs Mosse
- Aunt Martha
- A Parting Glance At Our Village
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about 18 months, then later, Volume 2 chronicles the changes when Miss Mitford returns to the village some 2 years later. The book's subtitle is “sketches of rural character and scenery”... and this perfectly describes its contents. People and nature are minutely observed and the language reflects Miss Mitford's exquisite eye for detail and love of the changing seasons and the impact they have on the flora and fauna around her. The village characters are described mainly fondly, but not without the occasional wry reference to their faults! In her introduction to a later edition, Anne Thackeray Ritchie quotes from Miss Mitford's reply to William Elford when asked if her characters and descriptions are true......."Yes, as true as is well possible....you, as a great landscape painter know that in painting a favourite scene you do a little embellish and can't help it; you avail yourself of happy accidents of atmosphere; if anything be ugly you strike it out, or if anything be wanting, you put it in. But still the picture is a likeness.” But even if seen through rose-coloured lenses, these gentle little sketches conjure up a time and place long gone and transport us for a while to another, simpler world. ( Anne Fletcher)
There are no reviews for this eBook.
There are no comments for this eBook.
You must log in to post a comment.
Log in
