The Natural History of Selborne Paperback / softback
by Gilbert White
Edited by Anne (Associate Editor, Darwin Correspondence Project, University of Cambridge) Secord
Part of the Oxford World's Classics series
Paperback / softback
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'I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand.'Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature.
Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals through the changing seasons in the rural Hampshire parish of Selborne.
He notes everything from the habits of an eccentric tortoise to the mysteries of bird migration and animal reproduction, with the purpose of inspiring others to observe their own surroundings with the same pleasure and attention. Written as a series of letters, White's book has all the immediacy of an exchange with friends, yet it is crafted with compelling literary skill.
His gossipy correspondence has delighted readers from Charles Darwin to Virginia Woolf, and it has been read as a nostalgic evocation of a pastoral vision, a model for local studies of plants and animals, and a precursor to modern ecology.
This new edition includes contemporary illustrations, a contextualizing introduction, and an appendix of literary responses to the book. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
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- Pages:352 pages, 17 black and white
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:11/02/2016
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- ISBN:9780198737759
