Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2007-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 97 Jefferies, Richard 1848 1887 Jefferies, John Richard Round About a Great Estate Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Round About a Great Estate" by Richard Jefferies is a literary work that can be categorized as a nature-focused memoir or descriptive essay, written in the late 19th century. The text reflects on rural life, the changing countryside, and the connection between humans and nature, presumably drawing from Jefferies' own experiences in England. It captures the essence of agricultural and natural landscapes while touching upon themes of tradition, change, and the relationship between man, land, and wildlife. The opening of the work features a preface where Jefferies reflects on the transformation of rural life, using an anecdote about a cottage girl who is mesmerized by the innovations of the modern world after visiting a nearby town. This sets the tone for the subsequent exploration of the Okebourne Chace estate, as he describes the surroundings, inhabitants, and the ecological changes taking place in the countryside. The initial chapter introduces us to key figures such as Hilary Luckett, an independent farmer deeply connected to the estate, as well as vivid descriptions of the nearby woodlands and the impact of agricultural practices on the natural environment. The blend of personal recollection and observation serves as a rich backdrop to Jefferies' insights into the rural life that is slowly evolving yet still steeped in tradition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Description and travel Country life -- England PR SK Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Travel & Geography 228811 228530 2024-10-09T06:08:48.565633 2023-09-09T08:31:32.856699 text/html text/html 224521 2007-02-06T06:13:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 94564 2007-02-06T06:13:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 173288 2024-10-09T06:08:55.646550 application/epub+zip 174724 2024-10-09T06:08:51.965599 application/epub+zip 150255 2024-10-09T06:08:50.670596 application/epub+zip 309645 2024-10-09T06:08:58.463538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298072 2024-10-09T06:08:54.840592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252175 2022-08-09T12:18:20.351192 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217243 217157 2024-10-09T06:08:48.080608 2023-09-09T08:31:32.493685 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 217077 2007-02-06T06:13:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 86448 2007-02-06T06:13:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 217069 2007-02-06T06:13:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86431 2007-02-06T06:13:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21882 2024-10-09T06:08:58.601567 application/rdf+xml 12967 2024-10-09T06:08:51.228588 image/jpeg 3467 2024-10-09T06:08:50.953680 image/jpeg 166671 2024-10-09T06:08:48.589658 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia