The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies

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Walter Besant. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies

The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies

Table of Contents

PREFACE

EULOGY

RICHARD JEFFERIES

CHAPTER I

COATE FARM

CHAPTER II

SIXTEEN TO TWENTY

CHAPTER III

LETTERS FROM 1866 TO 1872

CHAPTER IV

GLEAMS OF LIGHT

CHAPTER V

FIRST YEARS OF SUCCESS

CHAPTER VI

FICTION, EARLY AND LATE

CHAPTER VII

IN FULL CAREER

CHAPTER VIII

THE LONGMAN LETTERS

CHAPTER IX

THE COUNTRY LIFE

CHAPTER X

"THE STORY OF MY HEART."

CHAPTER XI

THE CHILD WANDERS IN THE WOOD

CHAPTER XII

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX I

LIST OF JEFFERIES' WORKS

APPENDIX II

LIST OF PAPERS STILL UNPUBLISHED

APPENDIX III

LETTER TO THE TIMES, NOVEMBER, 1872

THE END

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Walter Besant

Published by Good Press, 2019

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"As he pointed to the tree above, the muscles, as the limb moved, displayed themselves in knots, at which the courtier himself could not refrain from glancing. Those mighty arms, had they clasped him about the waist, could have crushed his bending ribs. The heaviest blow that he could have struck upon that broad chest would have produced no more effect than a hollow sound; it would not even have shaken that powerful frame.

"He felt the steel blue eyes, bright as the sky of midsummer, glance into his very mind. The high forehead bare, for the Baron had his hat in his hand, mocked at him in its humility. The Baron bared his head in honour of the courtier's office and the Prince who had sent him. The beard, though streaked with white, spoke little of age; it rather indicated an abundant, a luxuriant vitality."

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