S-80-0194
Vintage Book: Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson and E. McKnight Kauffer
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Goodreads book summary:
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.
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.
TITLE
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
PUBLISHER
Random House (New York, New York)
BINDING
Hardcover paperboards with slipcase box
COLORS
Green marbled front and back covers with a yellow spine. Fits into a black case with a illustration of a bearded man with pipe.
ILLUSTRATED
Color illustrations
LANGUAGE
GENRE
Romance novel
English
EDITION
Reprint. Originally published: 1916
SUBJECT(S)
Novel | Romance
AUTHOR(S)
William Henry Hudson (Anglo-Argentine, 1841-1922) | Illustrator: Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, 1890-1954)
PERIOD
Mid 20th century
DATE
Copyright 1944
DIMENSIONS
Width 6 Depth 1.5 Height 9 inches
