{"product_id":"the-bettesworth-book-talks-with-a-surrey-peasant-paperback-9781108003698","title":"The Bettesworth Book; Talks with a Surrey Peasant (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108003698","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Bettesworth Book\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTalks with a Surrey Peasant\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis fascinating biography of a nineteenth-century gardener provides numerous insights into rural life, work, and social concerns.\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\"\u003e9781108003698, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.66 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\"\u003eIn 1901, George Sturt (using the pen-name George Bourne) published this biography of his gardener, Frederick Bettesworth. This unusual ethnographic account, written in a modified dialect, uniquely captures rural life in late nineteenth-century England. The book bridges the class divide between 'master and man' as Sturt, through many interviews, gets to know his down-to-earth day labourer, and comes to understand peasant life and poverty as seen through the eyes of Bettesworth. In the introduction, Sturt precisely lays out his interviewing methodology, which allows the reader to understand both men as the conversations, and the book, progress. Through 35 chapters, he opens a window on the social relationships between the classes amid descriptions of the work, childhood, education, and family life of the region's agricultural workers. Sturt is humbled and enriched by his friendship with Bettesworth, calling him the 'voice of Britain', a man 'rugged, unresting, irresistible'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introductory\u003cbr\u003e 2. Boyhood and youth\u003cbr\u003e 3. A roaming commission\u003cbr\u003e 4. Youth\u003cbr\u003e 5. Wanderings\u003cbr\u003e 6. Harvest talk\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sundry appreciations\u003cbr\u003e 8. A favourite horse\u003cbr\u003e 9. Other horses\u003cbr\u003e 10. 'Much have I seen' – and done\u003cbr\u003e 11. Further observations on well-sinking\u003cbr\u003e 12. How the harvesters travel\u003cbr\u003e 13. Practical jokes\u003cbr\u003e 14. Nicknames\u003cbr\u003e 15. Pigs and the weather\u003cbr\u003e 16. Christmas – and after\u003cbr\u003e 17. Gypsies\u003cbr\u003e 18. Old Biggs\u003cbr\u003e 19. Laying turf\u003cbr\u003e 20. From bees to April fools\u003cbr\u003e 21. Contains a story of Weyhill fair\u003cbr\u003e 22. Concerning many matters\u003cbr\u003e 23. Exasperation\u003cbr\u003e 24. Weather and toothache\u003cbr\u003e 25. Pets\u003cbr\u003e 26. Of pigs and cats\u003cbr\u003e 27. Cricket\u003cbr\u003e 28. A shifty employer\u003cbr\u003e 29. Gypsies again\u003cbr\u003e 30. Our dominant topic\u003cbr\u003e 31. The book-learned\u003cbr\u003e 32. One of the old school\u003cbr\u003e 33. Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 34. Hops\u003cbr\u003e 35. A wet hop-picking – 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":46265906037016,"sku":"9781108003698","price":31.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108003698i.jpg?v=1694867186","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-bettesworth-book-talks-with-a-surrey-peasant-paperback-9781108003698","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}