The Natural History of Selborne [Audiobook] download free by Gilbert White
- Listen audiobook: The Natural History of Selborne
- Author: Gilbert White
- Release date: 2016/12/11
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9780198737759
- Rating: 9 of 10
- Votes: 83
- Review by: Armani Berlin
- Review rating: 9.77 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/17
- Duration: 4H19M52S in 256 kbps (70.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-07
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG4, MPEG-4 SLS, MP3, FLAC, WMA, WAV (compression JAR, LZMA, CBZ, ZIP, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 352
- Includes a PDF summary of 29 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 21M36S (5.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand.'Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals through the changing seasons in the rural Hampshire parish of Selborne. He notes everything from the habits of an eccentric tortoise to the mysteries of bird migration and animal reproduction, with the purpose of inspiring others to observe their own surroundings with the same pleasure and attention.Written as a series of letters, White's book has all the immediacy of an exchange with friends, yet it is crafted with compelling literary skill. His gossipy correspondence has delighted readers from Charles Darwin to Virginia Woolf, and it has been read as a nostalgic evocation of a pastoral vision, a model for local studies of plants and animals, and a precursor to modern ecology. This new edition includes contemporary illustrations, a contextualizing introduction, and an appendix ofliterary responses to the book.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Wildlife: General Interest, Countryside, Country Life, Environmentalist Thought & Ideology, Trees, Wildflowers & Plants, Diaries, Letters & Journals, Literary Studies: General, Domestic Animals & Pets
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 10.40 USD
- Dimensions: 142x195x16mm
- Weight: 246g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Oxford, United Kingdom
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