Length10h 37m
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Excerpt: "I am bound to speak of the farmer, as I know him in the South of England. In the North he is a man of altogether higher education and breeding: but he is, even in the South, a much better man than it is the fashion to believe him. No doubt, he has given heavy cause of complaint. He was demoralised, as surely, if not as deeply, as his own labourers, by the old Poor Law. He was bewildered—to use the mildest term—by promises of Protection from men who knew better. But his worst fault after all has been, that young or old, he has copied his landlord too closely, and acted on his maxims and example. And now that his landlord is growing wiser, he is growing wiser too. Experience of the new Poor Law, and experience of Free-trade, are helping him to show himself what he always was at heart, an honest Englishman. All his brave persistence and industry, his sturdy independence and self-help, and last, but not least, his strong sense of justice, and his vast good-nature, are coming out more and more, and working better and better upon the land and the labourer; while among his sons I see many growing up brave, manly, prudent young men, with a steadily increasing knowledge of what is required of them, both as manufacturers of food, and employers of human labour."
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GenreHistorical Fiction
Length10 hrs 37 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION
2PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
3CHAPTER I: THE PHILOSOPHY OF FOX-HUNTING
4CHAPTER II: SPRING YEARNINGS
5CHAPTER III: NEW ACTORS, AND A NEW STAGE
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6CHAPTER IV: AN ‘INGLORIOUS MILTON’
7CHAPTER V: A SHAM IS WORSE THAN NOTHING
8CHAPTER VI: VOGUE LA GALÈRE
9CHAPTER VII: THE DRIVE HOME, AND WHAT CAME OF IT
10CHAPTER VIII: WHITHER?
11CHAPTER IX: HARRY VERNEY HEARS HIS LAST SHOT FIRED
12CHAPTER X: ‘MURDER WILL OUT,’ AND LOVE TOO
13CHAPTER XI: THUNDERSTORM THE FIRST
14CHAPTER XII: THUNDERSTORM THE SECOND
15CHAPTER XIII: THE VILLAGE REVEL
16CHAPTER XIV: WHAT’S TO BE DONE?
17CHAPTER XV: DEUS E MACHINÂ
18CHAPTER XVI: ONCE IN A WAY
19CHAPTER XVII: THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
20EPILOGUE
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