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Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies

by Richard Jefferies

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Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Richard Jefferies. Catalog subjects include Natural history; England -- Description and travel. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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English
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B2–C1 · Deep reading

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Table of contents

32 chapters

  1. 01BEING THE LAST ESSAYS OF RICHARD JEFFERIES COLLECTED BY HIS WIDOW2 min
  2. 02HOURS OF SPRING.27 min
  3. 03NATURE AND BOOKS.8 min
  4. 04THE JULY GRASS.6 min
  5. 05WINDS OF HEAVEN.13 min
  6. 06THE COUNTRY SUNDAY23 min
  7. 07THE COUNTRY-SIDE: SUSSEX.12 min
  8. 08II.13 min
  9. 09SWALLOW-TIME2 min
  10. 10BUCKHURST PARK.11 min
  11. 11HOUSE-MARTINS.2 min
  12. 12AMONG THE NUTS.12 min
  13. 13WALKS IN THE WHEAT-FIELDS.22 min
  14. 14II. — Section 1426 min
  15. 15JUST BEFORE WINTER.14 min
  16. 16LOCALITY AND NATURE.8 min
  17. 17COUNTRY PLACES.11 min
  18. 18FIELD WORDS AND WAYS.7 min
  19. 19COTTAGE IDEAS.10 min
  20. 20APRIL GOSSIP6 min
  21. 21SOME APRIL INSECTS.7 min
  22. 22THE TIME OF YEAR.8 min
  23. 23MIXED DAYS OF MAY AND DECEMBER7 min
  24. 24THE MAKERS OF SUMMER.10 min
  25. 25STEAM ON COUNTRY ROADS.14 min
  26. 26FIELD SPORTS IN ART. THE MAMMOTH HUNTER.14 min
  27. 27BIRDS' NESTS7 min
  28. 28NATURE IN THE LOUVRE.17 min
  29. 29SUMMER IN SOMERSET.8 min
  30. 30AN ENGLISH DEER-PARK.36 min
  31. 31MY OLD VILLAGE.10 min
  32. 32MY CHAFFINCH2 min
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