{"product_id":"hodge-and-his-masters-2-volume-set-9781108035842","title":"Hodge and his Masters 2 Volume Set (Multiple-component retail product) 9781108035842","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHodge and his Masters 2 Volume Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA vivid and realistic description of rural life in Victorian England, first published in 1880, which helped establish Jefferies' reputation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Jefferies (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108035842, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMultiple-component retail product, published 10 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e694 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 14 x 4 cm, 0.93 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRichard Jefferies (1848–87) remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. He had aspirations to make a living as a novelist, but it was his short, factually based articles for The Live Stock Journal and other magazines, drawn from a wealth of knowledge of the rural community into which he had been born, which, when brought together in book form, brought him recognition (though not wealth), and which continued to be read and admired after his early death. This two-volume work, first published in 1880, contains a collection of essays first published in The Standard. Jefferies describes the daily life and circumstances of Victorian English farmers, labourers and their wives without sentimentality, illustrating daily hardships as well as idyllic pastimes, and providing an accurate and thus valuable description of a now vanished way of life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume 1: Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The farmers' parliament\u003cbr\u003e 2. Leaving his farm\u003cbr\u003e 3. A man of progress\u003cbr\u003e 4. Going downhill\u003cbr\u003e 5. The borrower and the gambler\u003cbr\u003e 6. An agricultural genius - old style\u003cbr\u003e 7. The gig and the four-in-hand. A bicycle farmer\u003cbr\u003e 8. Haymaking. 'The Juke's country'\u003cbr\u003e 9. The fine lady farmer. Country girls\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mademoiselle, the governess\u003cbr\u003e 11. Fleeceborough. A 'despot'\u003cbr\u003e 12. The squire's 'round robin'\u003cbr\u003e 13. An ambitious squire\u003cbr\u003e 14. The parson's wife\u003cbr\u003e 15. A modern country curate. Volume 2: 1. The solicitor\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'County Court day'\u003cbr\u003e 3. The bank. The old newspaper\u003cbr\u003e 4. The village factory. Village visitors. Willow-work\u003cbr\u003e 5. Hodge's fields\u003cbr\u003e 6. A winter's morning\u003cbr\u003e 7. The labourer's children. Cottage girls\u003cbr\u003e 8. The low 'public'. Idlers\u003cbr\u003e 9. The cottage charter. Four-acre farmers\u003cbr\u003e 10. Landlords' difficulties. The labourer as a power. Modern clergy\u003cbr\u003e 11. A wheat country\u003cbr\u003e 12. Grass countries\u003cbr\u003e 13. Hodge's last masters. Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266045464856,"sku":"9781108035842","price":53.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108035842i.jpg?v=1694873857","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hodge-and-his-masters-2-volume-set-9781108035842","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}