{"product_id":"lucy-bettesworth-paperback-9781108025270","title":"Lucy Bettesworth (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108025270","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLucy Bettesworth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescriptions of the lives of villagers in a rural Surrey village in the late nineteenth century, first published in 1913.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Sturt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108025270, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.38 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\"\u003eGeorge Sturt (1863–1927) was a British wheelwright and writer who usually wrote under the pen-name George Bourne. A native of Surrey, he inherited his father's workshop in the rural village of Bourne, near Farnborough, in 1894 and began to record the daily lives and recollections of his rural family and acquaintances, which he published towards the end of his life. This volume, first published in 1913, contains Sturt's descriptions of characters and traditions of the village in which he lived. Through conversations with his gardener and labourer Fred Bettesworth and his own experiences, Sturt vividly and sensitively describes the community, hardships, daily lives and experiences of a variety of characters from his rural agricultural village, including Fred's wife Lucy Bettesworth. Written with a keen sense of the fragile nature of this community, this volume provides a valuable record 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\"\u003e1. Lucy Bettesworth\u003cbr\u003e 2. Bettesworth odds and ends\u003cbr\u003e 3. Some peasant women\u003cbr\u003e 4. Dying out\u003cbr\u003e 5. At the infirmary\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dicky Brown\u003cbr\u003e 7. Scythes\u003cbr\u003e 8. Down into Sussex\u003cbr\u003e 9. Midsummer chatter\u003cbr\u003e 10. Pictures in platitude\u003cbr\u003e 11. Corn carting\u003cbr\u003e 12. Rural techniques\u003cbr\u003e 13. Our primitive knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 14. Observation lessons\u003cbr\u003e 15. A load of wood\u003cbr\u003e 16. The country town\u003cbr\u003e 17. The antiquarian sentiment.\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":46265966199064,"sku":"9781108025270","price":25.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108025270i_a00f4544-1b7d-4abf-8e5a-8e87fc67e1de.jpg?v=1694873355","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lucy-bettesworth-paperback-9781108025270","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}