Wild Life in a Southern County

Wild Life in a Southern County is a highly evocative description of the English countryside in the 1870s.

Richard Jefferies (1848–1847) remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. In Wild Life in a Southern County, published in 1879, Jefferies describes the countryside of the Downs, the natural habitats, wildlife and people in his highly descriptive and lyrical style.Richard Jefferies (1848–1887) remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. He had aspirations to make a living as a novelist, but it was his short, factually based articles for The Live Stock Journal and other magazines, drawn from a wealth of knowledge of the rural community into which he had been born, which when collected in book form brought him recognition (though not wealth), and which continued to be read and admired after his early death. Wild Life in a Southern County, published in 1879, examines the habitats of the Downs and the birds and animals which live there. Written in Jefferies' highly descriptive style, these essays reveal his deep love and knowledge of the countryside. The sense of wonder evoked by the natural world, which permeates all of Jefferies' works, is fully exemplified in this volume.