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Brine, Duncan

 
9780425183410: The Literary Garden: Re-creating Literature's Most Beautiful Gardens in Your Own Backyard
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0425183416 ISBN 13 : 9780425183410
Editeur : Berkley, 2002

Synopsis

Bring your favorite fictional gardens to life in all their magnificent glory with this charming gardening book—the perfect gift for book lovers...with or without a green thumb!

From the colorful riots of daffodils in DuMaurier’s Rebecca to the overflowing orchard depicted in Wolfe’s Look Homeward Angel, great literature is filled with descriptions of lush, gorgeous gardens. With excerpts from treasured novels and beautifully rendered line drawings of the imaginary gardens or plantings they describe, The Literary Garden combines literary inspiration with practical instruction on how to bring your favorite fictional gardens to life.

Includes excerpts from works by:

• Louisa May Alcott
• Ivan Turgenev
• Carl Sandburg
• D.H. Lawrence
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Charlotte Brontë
• Thomas Hardy
• Edith Wharton
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Victor Hugo
• and more!

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À propos de l'auteur

Duncan Brine is a Princeton-educated landscape designer who worked in theatre and film before founding his design firm, Horticultural Design, in 1984. Specializing in residential gardens, his work has taken him from rooftop gardens in Manhattan to rural properties throughout the East Coast. He lives with his wife and two sons in Pawling, New York, amidst his six-acre nursery garden.

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Éditeur
Berkley
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0425183416
ISBN 13 
9780425183410
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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