Gilbert White

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The Natural History of SelborneHardcover, 15 September 2013

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Print Length
352 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published
15 Sep 2013
ISBN-10
0199591962
ISBN-13
9780199591961

Description

Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals through the changing seasons in the rural Hampshire parish of Selborne. He notes everything from the habits of an eccentric tortoise to the mysteries of bird migration and animal reproduction, with the purpose of inspiring others to observe their own surroundings with the same pleasure and attention.

Written as a series of letters, White's book has all the immediacy and freshness of an exchange with friends, yet it is none the less crafted with compelling literary skill. His gossipy correspondence has delighted readers from Charles Darwin to Virginia Woolf, and it has been read as a nostalgic evocation of a pastoral vision, a model for local studies of plants and animals, and a precursor to modern ecology. This new edition includes contemporary illustrations and an introduction setting the work in its eighteenth-century context, as well as an appendix tracking the remarkable range of responses to the work over the last two hundred years.

Product Details

Authors:
Gilbert WhiteAnne Secord
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
15 September 2013
Dimensions:
19.81 x 13.21 x 2.54 cm
Genre:
British
ISBN-10:
0199591962
ISBN-13:
9780199591961
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
352
Weight:
453.59 gm

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