Rest Harrow is a novel written by Maurice Hewlett, first published in 1910. Set in rural England, it tells the story of a young man named Richard Jefferies who falls in love with a local girl named Rose Euclid. However, Rose is already engaged to another man, and Richard must navigate the complexities of love and social expectations.The novel explores themes of love, class, and the changing landscape of rural England. It is also notable for its vivid descriptions of nature and the countryside, which were influenced by the ...
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Rest Harrow is a novel written by Maurice Hewlett, first published in 1910. Set in rural England, it tells the story of a young man named Richard Jefferies who falls in love with a local girl named Rose Euclid. However, Rose is already engaged to another man, and Richard must navigate the complexities of love and social expectations.The novel explores themes of love, class, and the changing landscape of rural England. It is also notable for its vivid descriptions of nature and the countryside, which were influenced by the author's own experiences as a naturalist and conservationist.Rest Harrow was well-received upon its initial publication and has since been recognized as a classic of English literature. It has been praised for its lyrical prose, vivid characters, and evocative portrayal of rural life in the early 20th century.He told young Glyde that he had reached this transcendental eyrie of his by painful degrees. No person of Sanchia's acquaintance had suffered more than he by her desperate affair. He had been her first lover, and her only confidant, for she had been what one calls a ""difficult"" girl, who gave out nothing and had no friends. Her sisters knew very little about her, her mother nothing. It had been Senhouse who had called up the spirit that was in her--that extraordinary candour of vision which shrank from the judgment of nothing in heaven or earth ""upon the merits.""This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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