Wild Life in a Southern County (Excerpted Essay) by Richard Jeffries

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Wild Life in a Southern County (Excerpted Essay)

The Going Public … in Shorts Series

by Richard Jeffries

Narrator Simon Vance

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Length 32 minutes

Language English

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Richard Jefferies remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. Best known for his articles and stories published in the Live Stock Journal, he draws from a wealth of knowledge of the rural community into which he had been born.

Here he examines the habitats of the Downs and the birds and animals that live there. Written in Jefferies' highly descriptive style, the essay conveys a sense of wonder evoked by the natural world.

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Science & Technology Essays Nonfiction Environment & Nature

Richard Jefferies (1848–1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction. Among his works are The Gamekeeper at Home, a collection of essays; Greene Frene Farm, a novel; and Bevis, a children’s book.

Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.