Author: Cecil Torr
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528789199
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This vintage book contains all three parts of Cecil Torr's 1918 work “Small Talk at Wreyland”, a fascinating exploration of the history of South Devon, England in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It contains extracts from family letters, documents, and anecdotes which offer insight into a vast range of social, political, and religious issues through the day-to-day life in his village, Lustleigh, located on the edge of Dartmoor. This wonderful, illustrated book is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of Devon and rural English life in general. Cecil Torr (1857–1928) is a British author and antiquarian. Other notable works by this author include: “Memphis and Mycenae” (1896) and “Ancient Ships” (1895).
Small Talk at Wreyland - Complete Series - 1 - 3
Author: Cecil Torr
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528789199
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This vintage book contains all three parts of Cecil Torr's 1918 work “Small Talk at Wreyland”, a fascinating exploration of the history of South Devon, England in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It contains extracts from family letters, documents, and anecdotes which offer insight into a vast range of social, political, and religious issues through the day-to-day life in his village, Lustleigh, located on the edge of Dartmoor. This wonderful, illustrated book is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of Devon and rural English life in general. Cecil Torr (1857–1928) is a British author and antiquarian. Other notable works by this author include: “Memphis and Mycenae” (1896) and “Ancient Ships” (1895).
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528789199
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This vintage book contains all three parts of Cecil Torr's 1918 work “Small Talk at Wreyland”, a fascinating exploration of the history of South Devon, England in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It contains extracts from family letters, documents, and anecdotes which offer insight into a vast range of social, political, and religious issues through the day-to-day life in his village, Lustleigh, located on the edge of Dartmoor. This wonderful, illustrated book is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of Devon and rural English life in general. Cecil Torr (1857–1928) is a British author and antiquarian. Other notable works by this author include: “Memphis and Mycenae” (1896) and “Ancient Ships” (1895).
Small Talk at Wreyland
Author: Cecil Torr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Small Talk at Wreyland. Third Series
Author: Cecil Torr
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
"Small Talk at Wreyland. Third Series" by Cecil Torr presents a selection of Cecil Torr's reminiscences of life in and around Wreyland, Devon. Complete with illustrations to bring the area to life, the book describes the Hall House, the Wrey Valley, and everything else that made the area home to the author. This text helped bring an often lesser-known area to the forefront of people around the world.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
"Small Talk at Wreyland. Third Series" by Cecil Torr presents a selection of Cecil Torr's reminiscences of life in and around Wreyland, Devon. Complete with illustrations to bring the area to life, the book describes the Hall House, the Wrey Valley, and everything else that made the area home to the author. This text helped bring an often lesser-known area to the forefront of people around the world.
Small Talk at Wreyland. First Series
Author: Cecil Torr
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Small Talk at Wreyland. First Series" by Cecil Torr. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Small Talk at Wreyland. First Series" by Cecil Torr. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Small Talk at Wreyland. Second Series
Author: Cecil Torr
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Small Talk at Wreyland. Second Series" by Cecil Torr. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Small Talk at Wreyland. Second Series" by Cecil Torr. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The United States Catalog
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2188
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2188
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The Victorians and English Dialect
Author: Matthew Townend
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198888198
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The Victorians and English Dialect tells the story of the Victorians' discovery of English dialect, and of the revaluation of local language that was brought about by the new, historical philology of the nineteenth century. Regional dialects came to be seen not as corrupt or pernicious, but rather as venerable and precious. The book examines the work of the ground-breaking collectors of the 1840s and 1850s, who first alerted their contemporaries to the importance of local dialect - and also to the perils that threatened it with extinction. Tracing the connection between dialect and literature, in the flourishing of dialect poetry and the foregrounding of regional voices in Victorian fiction. It goes on to explain how the antiquity of regional dialects cast light on the national past - the Celts, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings - and how dialect study was also at the heart of the discovery of local folklore and oral culture: old words, old customs, old beliefs. And it tells the story of the three great monuments of Victorian dialect study that marked the apogee of regional philology: the 80 publications of the English Dialect Society (1873-96), an organization run by a committee of journalists and local historians in Manchester; the nationwide survey of The Existing Phonology of English Dialects (1889), which listened in on local speech in market squares and third-class railway carriages; and the multi-volume English Dialect Dictionary (1898-1905), which collected all the previous labours together, and made an enduring record of Victorian dialect.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198888198
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The Victorians and English Dialect tells the story of the Victorians' discovery of English dialect, and of the revaluation of local language that was brought about by the new, historical philology of the nineteenth century. Regional dialects came to be seen not as corrupt or pernicious, but rather as venerable and precious. The book examines the work of the ground-breaking collectors of the 1840s and 1850s, who first alerted their contemporaries to the importance of local dialect - and also to the perils that threatened it with extinction. Tracing the connection between dialect and literature, in the flourishing of dialect poetry and the foregrounding of regional voices in Victorian fiction. It goes on to explain how the antiquity of regional dialects cast light on the national past - the Celts, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings - and how dialect study was also at the heart of the discovery of local folklore and oral culture: old words, old customs, old beliefs. And it tells the story of the three great monuments of Victorian dialect study that marked the apogee of regional philology: the 80 publications of the English Dialect Society (1873-96), an organization run by a committee of journalists and local historians in Manchester; the nationwide survey of The Existing Phonology of English Dialects (1889), which listened in on local speech in market squares and third-class railway carriages; and the multi-volume English Dialect Dictionary (1898-1905), which collected all the previous labours together, and made an enduring record of Victorian dialect.
When There Were Birds
Author: Roy Adkins
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 140871356X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
A landmark book that charts humanity's changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the twenty-first century 'A marvellously original slice of social history' Daily Mail 'The facts and folklore of birdlife are dissected in admirable detail in this handsome book' Sunday Times 'Roy and Lesley Adkins are masters of their craft' BBC Countryfile Magazine No other group of animals has had such a complex and lengthy relationship with humankind as birds. They have been kept in cages as pets, taught to speak and displayed as trophies. More practically, they have been used to tell the time, predict the weather, foretell marriages, provide unlikely cures for ailments, convey messages and warn of poisonous gases. When There Were Birds is a social history of Britain that charts the complex connections between people and birds, set against a background of changes in the landscape and evolving tastes, beliefs and behaviours. It draws together many disparate, forgotten strands to present a story that is an intriguing and unexpectedly significant part of our heritage.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 140871356X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
A landmark book that charts humanity's changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the twenty-first century 'A marvellously original slice of social history' Daily Mail 'The facts and folklore of birdlife are dissected in admirable detail in this handsome book' Sunday Times 'Roy and Lesley Adkins are masters of their craft' BBC Countryfile Magazine No other group of animals has had such a complex and lengthy relationship with humankind as birds. They have been kept in cages as pets, taught to speak and displayed as trophies. More practically, they have been used to tell the time, predict the weather, foretell marriages, provide unlikely cures for ailments, convey messages and warn of poisonous gases. When There Were Birds is a social history of Britain that charts the complex connections between people and birds, set against a background of changes in the landscape and evolving tastes, beliefs and behaviours. It draws together many disparate, forgotten strands to present a story that is an intriguing and unexpectedly significant part of our heritage.
Aberdeen University Library Bulletin
Author: University of Aberdeen. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record
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ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description