The Natural History of Selborne - Couverture souple

White, Gilbert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140431128 ISBN 13 : 9780140431124

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1977

Synopsis

Book by White Gilbert

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

More than any other writer Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a unique manner. This collection of his letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home - are a beautifully written, detailed evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England.

Revue de presse

As fresh and conversational in style as correspondence between friends, but elegantly and skilfully executed, it is easy to see why it has inspired writers from Darwin to Virginia Woolf (Juanita Coulston, The Lady)

I don't usually read the Introduction before the book when I read fiction but, in this case, I would definitely recommend it as Secord's Introduction puts White & The Natural History into context. (I Prefer Reading)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0140431128
• ISBN 13: 9780140431124
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Mabey Richard