| Amaryllis at the Fair Contributor(s): Jefferies, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1907245057 ISBN-13: 9781907245053 Publisher: Myna Classics OUR PRICE: $10.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5" W x 8" (0.37 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Amaryllis at the Fair (first published in 1887) portrays the highs and lows of everyday life on a small, debt-ridden family farm. At Coombe Oaks, Farmer Iden is out in all weathers, planting and sowing; his wife is in the dairy or staving off creditors; and their sensitive, artistic daughter, Amaryllis, is watching it all and praying for salvation. With a host of expertly-drawn minor characters, including miserly Grandfather Iden, loyal George the labourer and dissolute landowner's son Raleigh Pamment, Jefferies gives a rounded picture of a rural community - and in the noble Iden paints a fond portrait of his own farmer father... |