关于
John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) wrote of country life, natural history, and agricultural practice at a time when the industrial revolution was bringing great change to long-settled patterns of English life. In this book, a work of fiction, he aims to tell us something of "the former state of things before it passes away entirely.” This is a gentle book with a keen eye for the beauty of the countryside, the uncultivated bonuses of plants and flowers; the antics of the birds and wild animals; and the agricultural practices, superstitions, and great generosity of the simple country folk who live on or about the Great Estate of the title. - Summary by Steven Seitel
相关有声读物

The Mountebank
William John Locke

Minnie's Sacrifice
Frances E. W. Harper

The Chimney Corner
Harriet Beecher Stowe

St. Elmo
Augusta Jane Evans

Saint Joan: Preface
George Bernard Shaw

Tales of a Vanishing River
Earl Reed

Stories by English Authors: London
Israel Zangwill, Marie Corelli, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Arthur Morrison, Beatrice Harraden