Project Gutenberg 2011-05-26 Public domain in the USA. 91 Besant, Walter 1836 1901 Besant, Sir Walter Maurice, Walter The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Gary Rees and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies" by Walter Besant is a biographical memoir written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a tribute to the life and writings of Richard Jefferies, an English nature writer and novelist, exploring his experiences and the enduring legacy of his work. The narrative poignantly reflects on Jefferies' close connection to the land and nature, particularly highlighting his formative years growing up at Coate Farm in Wiltshire. The opening of the memoir provides readers with a rich, detailed account of Jefferies' early environment, emphasizing the beauty and significance of Coate Farm—his birthplace and lifelong muse. Besant paints a vivid picture of Jefferies as a curious and sensitive child, deeply attuned to the natural world, and outlines the early influences that shaped his future literary career. The author reflects on Jefferies' childhood adventures, his literary ambitions, and the profound impact of nature on his writing, setting a tone of admiration and reverence that will likely resonate with readers interested in the interplay between nature and literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Jefferies, Richard, 1848-1887 Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 676484 676467 2024-09-15T10:34:56.450277 2023-09-16T04:26:43.253218 text/html text/html 685156 2021-01-07T19:37:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 333179 2021-01-07T19:37:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 407410 2024-09-15T10:35:12.232753 application/epub+zip 412356 2024-09-15T10:35:00.124303 application/epub+zip 301247 2024-09-15T10:34:58.098272 application/epub+zip 676732 2024-09-15T10:35:19.174641 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 613136 2024-09-15T10:35:09.929673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 502939 2022-09-16T14:13:24.147548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 587908 587810 2024-09-15T10:34:53.981395 2023-09-16T04:26:40.985254 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 587659 2021-01-07T19:37:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 217645 2021-01-07T19:37:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 587663 2021-01-07T19:37:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 217558 2021-01-07T19:37:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20239 2024-09-15T10:35:19.332667 application/rdf+xml 12889 2024-09-15T10:34:58.527352 image/jpeg 3134 2024-09-15T10:34:58.308253 image/jpeg 383224 2024-09-15T10:34:56.515312 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 en.wikipedia