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A carregar... The English Village: History and Traditionspor Martin Wainwright
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Wainwright's look into English villages, while containing glimpses of everyday life, seems to be heavily focused on political implications. The writing is very academic although inclusions of sketches and lack of footnotes or end notes (although there is a bibliography) make its intended audience seem to be the public. The book is peppered with other book recommendations, particularly in the latter chapters, which may add a lot to one's to-be-read list. While I enjoyed much of the content and gleaned information that might be valuable to me in writing up narratives of ancestors, I found the author's approach and writing style boring. ( ) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
The village remains a quintessential and much-loved treasure of the English countryside. This rural idyll has inspired generations of great poets, novelists and artists including the likes of Constable, Hardy, Wordsworth, as well as providing the picturesque setting for modern TV series such as Lark Rise to Candleford and Cranford. The English Village celebrates all that is unique and loved about a typical village - the pub, the green, the school, the church, the pond, the local shop and more - as well as exploring how the village has changed over the centuries. Also includes fascinating information on the origins of village names - Siddington, for example, means the farm of the valley (sidd: valley, in: belonging to, ton: farmland). Filled with facts, figures, customs and lore, there is a wealth of fascinating information to be discovered in this charming book. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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