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A Shepherd's Life
W. H. Hudson
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Hudson wrote this classic work and it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Caleb Bawcombe, so it is concerned with the period of mid to late nineteenth century rural Wiltshire, a county in England. This pleasant engaging book contains rural wisdom, natural history, farming practices, human characters, and more
Hudson wrote this classic work and it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Caleb Bawcombe, so it is concerned with the period of mid to late nineteenth century rural Wiltshire, a county in England. This pleasant engaging book contains rural wisdom, natural history, farming practices, human characters, and more
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From this position the stubborn old man refused to be moved, and there at Winterbourne Bishop his master had to leave him, although not without having first made him a sufficient provision.
The way in which my old friend, Caleb Bawcombe, told the story plainly revealed his own feeling in the matter. He understood and had the keenest sympathy with old John, dead now over half a century; or rather, let us say, resting very peacefully in that green spot under the old grey tower of Winterbourne Bishop church where as a small boy he had played among the old gravestones as far back in time as the middle of the eighteenth century. B. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Written as a series of reminiscences, recounted by elderly shepherd Caleb Branscombe at the beginning of 20th century, the book relates stories of human and natural life on the Wiltshire South Downs. These are meandering tales of poaching, foxes, bird life, sheep dogs and local characters, evoking a
I acquired a used copy during a visit to Cambridge, UK. It was listed as a "heritage" book. Hudson begins his book on the Salisbury Plain and focuses on an uninteresting village in Wiltshire (Winterbourne Bishop) that has no manor house or powerful lord. He writes down the discussions he has with an
A rather boring descriptive piece about an openly boring county, as described by the author himself. There are a handful of interesting tales about life in the 1800s but they are lost amongst the pages of dull writings about the land.
This said, his talk on birds and dogs were intriguing, but I strug
A lovely story, simple and gentle, nothing horrible in it but lots of nice tales. An interesting historical record to normal non industrialised country folk.
I found the first chapter hard work but once Hutson had explained his love of Wiltshire, and started telling tales of the Shepard and other cha
I was drawn into reading this book by a favourable reference in James Rebank's The Shepherd's Life. Rebanks's wrote that reading Hudson's A Shepherd's Life by "the sudden life-changing realization it gave me that we could be in books – great books", it "turned me into a book obsessive".
It is an odd