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English Journeys: A Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman
11.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: English Journeys
This magical and poignant evocation of coming of age in the countryside describes lovers in secluded lanes, cricket and church bells, cherry trees hung with snow and woods full of bluebells. Yet in "A Shropshire Lad" the fields and hills are also places of loss and sorrow, where men die young or are sen ...Show more
English Journeys: Let Us Now Praise Famous Gardens by Vita Sackville-West
11.95 NZD
Category: Gardening | Series: English Journeys
In this unique gardening chronicle Vita Sackville-West weaves together simple, honest accounts of her horticultural experiences throughout the year with exquisite writing and poetic description. Whether singing the praises of sweet-briar, cyclamen, Indian pinks and the Strawberry grape, or giving practi ...Show more
English Journeys: Life at Grasmere by Dorothy Wordsworth
11.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: English Journeys
The beautiful and peaceful heart of the Lake District, Grasmere was an inspiration to both Dorothy and William Wordsworth. Hills, lakes and orchards, letter writing, walks and welcome visitors (including fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge) provoked in Dorothy's journal great, lyrical prose, which in tu ...Show more
English Journeys: The Beauties of a Cottage Garden by Gertrude Jekyll
11.95 NZD
Category: Gardening | Series: English Journeys
This is a celebration of the beauties and possibilities of Heliotrope and Honeysuckle, Auricula, Snapdragon, Spanish Iris and Corydalis, and all the other plants that enliven and exalt the gardens of England. Gertrude Jekyll gives good advice on how to make a garden a place of repose and pleasure. Writi ...Show more
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