Francis Kilvert

English Journeys a Wiltshire Diary

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ENGLISH JOURNEYSNumber TwelveA Wiltshire DiaryFrancis Kilvert's diary shows a compassionate and thoughtful delight in the people and beautiful surroundings of the English countryside. With good cheer he records his loves (among them poetry and the attentions of pretty girls) and his dislikes (including a distaste for bathing in knickers that leaves more than one beach scandalized), as well as the town folklore and parishioner's stories that his tender interest in others arouses. Heartfelt, humorous and reflective, this is a transportive glimpse of a time gone by.Francis Kilvert (1840-79) was born near Chippenham, Wiltshire. The son of a clerg… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-14-119101-0
EAN: 9780141191010
Produktnummer: 17613102
Verlag: Penguin Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 136 S.
Masse: H18.0 cm x B11.1 cm x D1.7 cm 90 g
Reihenbandnummer: 12
Gewicht: 90

Über den Autor

Francis Kilvert (1840-79) was born near Chippenham, Wiltshire. The son of a clergyman, Francis himself worked as a curate and vicar, before dying of peritonitis shortly after returning from his honeymoon. He wrote and privately published poetry, but it is for his diaries that he is remembered.