How Long to Read The Life of the Fields (1884). By: Richard Jefferies

How Long Does it Take to Read The Life of the Fields (1884). By: Richard Jefferies?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 58 minutes to read The Life of the Fields (1884). By: Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies

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Description

The lost leaves measure our years; they are gone as the days are gone, and the bare branches silently speak of a new year, slowly advancing to its buds, its foliage, and fruit. Deciduous trees associate with human life as this yew never can. Clothed in its yellowish-green needles, its tarnished green, it knows no hope or sorrow; it is indifferent to winter, and does not look forward to summer. With their annual loss of leaves, and renewal, oak and elm and ash and beech seem to stand by us and to share our thoughts................. John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 - 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction. Jefferies's corpus of writings includes a diversity of genres and topics, including Bevis (1882), a classic children's book, and After London (1885), an early work of science fiction. For much of his adult life, he suffered from tuberculosis, and his struggles with the illness and with poverty also play a role in his writing. Jefferies valued and cultivated an intensity of feeling in his experience of the world around him, a cultivation that he describes in detail in The Story of My Heart (1883). This work, an introspective depiction of his thoughts and feelings on the world, gained him the reputation of a nature mystic at the time. But it is his success in conveying his awareness of nature and people within it, both in his fiction and in essay collections such as The Amateur Poacher (1879) and Round About a Great Estate (1880), that has drawn most admirers. Walter Besant wrote of his reaction on first reading Jefferies: "Why, we must have been blind all our lives; here were the most wonderful things possible going on under our very noses, but we saw them not."

How long is The Life of the Fields (1884). By: Richard Jefferies?

The Life of the Fields (1884). By: Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies is 116 pages long, and a total of 29,696 words.

This makes it 39% the length of the average book. It also has 36% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Life of the Fields (1884). By: Richard Jefferies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 42 minutes to read The Life of the Fields (1884). By: Richard Jefferies aloud.

What Reading Level is The Life of the Fields (1884). By: Richard Jefferies?

The Life of the Fields (1884). By: Richard Jefferies is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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