In a Green Shade: A Country Commentary by Maurice Hewlett
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15495.html.images | 325 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15495.epub3.images | 207 kB |
Send
to kindle email: |
|||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15495.epub.images | 210 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15495.epub.noimages | 201 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15495.kf8.images | 411 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15495.kindle.images | 382 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15495.txt.utf-8 | 298 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15495/pg15495-h.zip | 205 kB | ||||
| There may be more files related to this item. | ||||||
About this eBook
| Author | Hewlett, Maurice, 1861-1923 |
|---|---|
| Title | In a Green Shade: A Country Commentary |
| Note | Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Contents | Round about a preface -- Change and the peasantry -- A hermitage in sight -- Dorian modes -- Church and the man -- Bessy Moore -- The maids -- Poetry and the mode -- Polyolbion -- The welter -- Catnachery -- Landnama -- "Works and days" -- The English Hesiod -- Flower of the field -- Under the harvest moon -- La petite personne -- A fool of quality -- Sheridan as maniac -- A footnote to Coleridge -- The crystal vase -- Noctes ambrosianæ -- Skeletons at a feast -- A commentary upon Butler -- The commemoration -- The Quaker eirenicon. |
| Credits | Produced by S.R.Ellison, Audrey Longhurst, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Summary | "In a Green Shade: A Country Commentary" by Maurice Hewlett is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. The work reflects on rural life and the author's observations about society, nature, and the changing values in post-World War I England. Through thoughtful and often poetic reflections, the author critiques contemporary social issues while celebrating the simplicity and wisdom found in country living. The opening of the commentary introduces Hewlett's personal philosophy toward life in the countryside, emphasizing the importance of community, nature, and contemplative living. He paints a picture of his idyllic surroundings, describing interactions with neighbors and the natural world, all while hinting at the spiritual and social changes brought by the recent war. The narrative lays the groundwork for more extensive discussions on human behavior and societal evolution, revealing Hewlett’s earnest desire to connect with the universal aspects of existence that transcend time and place. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English essays |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 15495 |
| Release Date | Mar 29, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 100 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
