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Author:

Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922, author.

Title:

Green mansions : a romance of the tropical forest / by W.H. Hudson ; introduction by John Galsworthy, illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer.

Publisher:

Modern Library,

Copyright Date:

1944

Description:

254 pages ; 18 cm

Subject:

Rain forests--Fiction.
Wild women--Fiction.
South America--Fiction.
English fiction--20th century.
Forêts pluviales--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Femmes sauvages--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Amérique du Sud--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Roman anglais--20e siècle.
English fiction.
Rain forests.
Wild women.
South America.
1900-1999
Fiction.
Novels.
Publishers' advertisements--New York--New York--1944.
Publishers' advertisements--New York--New York--1944.

Other Authors:

Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933, writer of introduction.
Kauffer, E. McKnight (Edward McKnight), 1890-1954, illustrator.

Summary:

Based on the naturalist-author's extensive travels in South America, this is the romance of the bird girl, Rima.
A failed revolutionary attempt drives the hero of Hudson's novel to seek refuge in the primeval forests of south-western Venezuela. There, in the 'green mansions' of the title, Abel encounters the wood-nymph Rima, the last survivor of a mysterious aboriginal race. The love that flowers between them is soon overshadowed by cruelty and sorrow ... One of the acknowledged masters of natural history writing, W.H. Hudson forms an important link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and the twentieth-century ecological movement. First published in 1904 and a bestseller after its reissue a dozen years later, Green Mansions offers its readers a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man.

Series:

The modern library of the world's best books

OCLC:

(OCoLC)285981

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)