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5.0
This is the limited edition of the Hudson letters, published by Nonesuch Press in 1923, just a year after his death. It is a wonderfully tactile book because of the thick board and its shape and size.
The letters provide a wonderful insight to W H Hudson and bristle with humour and, occasional, indignation. You also get a clear sense of the changing relationship between the writer (Hudson) and the reader (Edward Garnett). Much of the discussion concerns books and writers, with small amounts of natural history and observations on the countryside and country people.
Weekly lunches at the Mont Blanc in London formed a small circle of writers and critics, including Hudson, Garnett, Edward Thomas, W H Davies, Stephen Reynolds, Hilaire Belloc, Ford Hueffer and John Galsworthy. The letters feature perspectives on some of these, notably Edward Thomas and Galsworthy.
Collections of letters can sometimes feel a bit flat and with too much pruning in which are included. This collection feels more vibrant and you can really see the relationship develop over the years.
The letters provide a wonderful insight to W H Hudson and bristle with humour and, occasional, indignation. You also get a clear sense of the changing relationship between the writer (Hudson) and the reader (Edward Garnett). Much of the discussion concerns books and writers, with small amounts of natural history and observations on the countryside and country people.
Weekly lunches at the Mont Blanc in London formed a small circle of writers and critics, including Hudson, Garnett, Edward Thomas, W H Davies, Stephen Reynolds, Hilaire Belloc, Ford Hueffer and John Galsworthy. The letters feature perspectives on some of these, notably Edward Thomas and Galsworthy.
Collections of letters can sometimes feel a bit flat and with too much pruning in which are included. This collection feels more vibrant and you can really see the relationship develop over the years.
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