Project Gutenberg 2004-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 148 Hudson, W. H. (William Henry) 1841 1922 Hudson, William Henry Harford, Henry The Purple Land Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adventures in The Banda Orientál, in South America, as Told By Himself Reading ease score: 72.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Text file produced by Juliet Sutherland, Eric Eldred, Charles Franksand the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "The Purple Land" by W. H. Hudson is a novel written in the late 19th century. It follows the story of Richard Lamb, exploring his adventures in the Banda Oriental of South America, as he reflects on love, loss, and the yearning for freedom. The narrative is steeped in personal emotion intertwined with the broader themes of colonial life and cultural conflict. The opening of the novel introduces Richard Lamb as he contemplates his life experiences, particularly focusing on three significant periods. He recalls his tumultuous courtship and subsequent marriage, the profound suffering experienced due to societal and familial constraints, and his consequential flight to the Banda Oriental, a place he initially loved. With poignant memories of a lost love and the oppressive nature of his earlier life, Richard finds himself in Montevideo with his new wife, Paquíta, as they navigate their early days of freedom, confronting both personal turmoil and the challenges of their new environment. The narrative sets a reflective tone, inviting readers to engage with themes of nostalgia and the quest for identity against the backdrop of a culturally rich but politically tumultuous society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure stories British -- Uruguay -- Fiction Uruguay -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 637583 637584 2024-10-03T12:18:35.101642 2023-10-03T10:43:49.638238 text/html text/html 651468 2021-02-26T01:18:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 227249 2021-02-26T01:18:03 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 294768 2024-10-03T12:18:43.732106 application/epub+zip 306489 2024-10-03T12:18:37.305623 application/epub+zip 306489 2024-10-03T12:18:35.947629 application/epub+zip 522226 2024-10-03T12:18:49.003087 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482326 2024-10-03T12:18:42.926094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492701 2022-09-04T04:43:33.933153 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 555184 555026 2024-10-03T12:18:34.146645 2023-10-03T10:43:48.727234 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 559387 2018-03-15T14:18:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 217590 2018-03-15T14:19:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 554657 2013-06-14T16:25:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 216873 2013-06-14T16:25:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 554649 2013-06-14T16:25:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 216700 2013-06-14T16:25:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24275 2024-10-03T12:18:49.155067 application/rdf+xml 12403 2024-10-03T12:18:36.545628 image/jpeg 3280 2024-10-03T12:18:36.251622 image/jpeg 285612 2024-10-03T12:18:35.154639 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