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W. H. Hudson (1841–1922)

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William Henry Hudson was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 4, 1841 to American parents. He developed a heart condition as a teenager and finally moved to England in 1870. He wrote several novels including The Purple Land, El Ombú, and Green Mansions. He also published numerous books on visa mer ornithology and the English countryside including Argentine Ornithology, British Birds, Afoot in England, A Shepherd's Life, Dead Man's Plack, A Traveller in Little Things, and A Hind in Richmond Park. He died on August 18, 1922. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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(eng) Hudson was known under both the English (William Henry) and Spanish (Guillermo Enrique) versions of his forenames. He used the pseudonym Henry Harford to publish his novel Fan. Please do not combine with the "William Henry Hudson" page, as there is another author of the same name.

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Verk av W. H. Hudson

The Purple Land (1885) 234 exemplar
A Shepherd's Life (1910) 178 exemplar
Idle Days in Patagonia (1893) 117 exemplar
A Crystal Age (1917) 113 exemplar
Afoot in England (1922) 62 exemplar
The Book of a Naturalist (1908) 40 exemplar
A Little Boy Lost (1905) 38 exemplar
The Naturalist in La Plata (1892) 37 exemplar
A Traveller in Little Things (1921) 34 exemplar
Nature in Downland (1932) 29 exemplar
Birds of La Plata (1954) 27 exemplar
Hampshire Days (1903) 27 exemplar
Tales of the Pampas (1902) 25 exemplar
I fåglarnas rike (1922) 24 exemplar
A Hind in Richmond Park (2006) 23 exemplar
Birds in Town and Village (1919) 22 exemplar
Birds and Man (1924) 16 exemplar
The Land's End (1908) 15 exemplar
El Ombu (1600) 14 exemplar
Birds in London (1898) 14 exemplar
South American Romances (1930) 14 exemplar
Tales of the Gauchos (1946) 13 exemplar
British birds (1926) 9 exemplar
Ralph Herne (1923) 8 exemplar
Green Mansions [1959 film] (1959) — Novel — 6 exemplar
Birds in a Village (2011) 5 exemplar
El ombú y otros cuentos (1900) 5 exemplar
South American sketches (2015) 2 exemplar
Birds Of La Plata V1 (1920) (2010) 2 exemplar
A Hudson Anthology 2 exemplar
Marta Riquelme 1 exemplar
Páginas escogidas 1 exemplar
The Red Squirrel 1 exemplar
The Scarlet Letter 1 exemplar
Mary's Little Lamb (1929) 1 exemplar

Associerade verk

The Fireside Book of Dog Stories (1943) — Bidragsgivare — 144 exemplar
Best Dog Stories (1990) — Bidragsgivare — 116 exemplar
Weird Woods: Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain (2020) — Bidragsgivare — 92 exemplar
The Treasury of English Short Stories (1985) — Bidragsgivare — 85 exemplar
The Bedside Book of Famous British Stories (1940) — Bidragsgivare — 67 exemplar
Animal Friends and Adventures (1949) — Bidragsgivare — 55 exemplar
Favorite Animal Stories (1987) — Bidragsgivare — 11 exemplar
Classic Dog Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library) (2020) — Bidragsgivare — 9 exemplar
Teen-Age Treasury for Girls (1958) — Bidragsgivare — 5 exemplar
Great Love Scenes from Famous Novels (1943) — Bidragsgivare — 5 exemplar
Four Novels for Adventure (1960) — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar
The New Roger Caras Treasury of Great Horse Stories (1999) — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Hudson, William Henry
Andra namn
Hudson, Guillermo Enrique
Kön
male
Födelseort
Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dödsort
London, England, UK
Bostadsorter
Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK
London, England, UK
Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Yrken
author
naturalist
ornithologist
Organisationer
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (founding member)
Särskiljningsnotis
Hudson was known under both the English (William Henry) and Spanish (Guillermo Enrique) versions of his forenames. He used the pseudonym Henry Harford to publish his novel Fan. Please do not combine with the "William Henry Hudson" page, as there is another author of the same name.

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This book of essays by a noted Naturalist didn't thrill me, but I did read it through and found some interest in his descriptives of the sound of bird song. It contains a set of questions for the teacher to use plus some reprints of several poems mentioned in the essays. It also lists, in the back, the selection of titles of the Kings Treasuries of Literature (from series number 39 to 115).
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gmillar | Jan 12, 2024 |
Short Victorian utopian novel (so much more engaging than William Morris' New From Nowhere), with elements of Alice in Wonderland ("Drink Me"). Although very little happens in the story (a stranger wakes in a strange land, is taken in by a large family, falls in love, and learns their unusual customs, through trial and error, before settling into learning mostly from observation). The thing that make the story good are the contemplative paragraphs, especially towards the end of the novel. I found it amusing that protagonist admitted he never liked reading; and his musings on melancholy rang so true as to make one wonder how much of the author's own experiences were being described. I loved the descriptions of the architecture and decorations of the house; his references to art (Guide), music (popular music of the author's time; older classical music, and the invented tunes in the story), famous authors, mythology, and poetry (Tennyson). Of course Hudson also describes the wildlife, and indeed his monologue with the dog, contemplating his situation at the end of the book, summarises the differences between our world and the one he has found himself in, asking which is better? It was Margaret Atwood who introduced me to this story, and I can see why it has fallen by the way-side against the more well known utopian novels; but like More's utopia, it contained a very refreshing look at women's role in society.… (mer)
 
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AChild | 4 andra recensioner | Mar 26, 2023 |
Los abuelos de Hudson eran ingleses; sus padres, americanos, se casaron en Boston y en 1833 emigraron a la Argentina. Se instalaron en “Los veinticinco ombúes”, donde criaron ganado vacuno y lanar. Allí nació el 4 de agosto de 1841, William Henry Hudson.
Se enamoró del paisaje y lo recorrió sin parar. Le gustaba cabalgar, observar los árboles y los pájaros. Exploró ese paisaje pampeano soñando con el campo inglés. Joven, visitó nuestro país, al que guardo en su corazón y describió en la antes mencionada novela.
Tras la muerte de sus padres, en 1874, se marchó; no volvió más. En Londres se casó con Emily Wingrave, dueña de la pensión donde vivía, de quien cuentan que cantaba con bella voz.Sus famosas memorias, aparecieron en 1918. Se trata de un clásico libro, que se ha reeditado, varias veces, llamado Far Away and Long Ago-A History of My Early Life, conocido en estas tierras como ALLÁ LEJOS Y HACE TIEMPO.
Es un libro de evocaciones, muy bien redactado, que invita a adentrarte en el paisaje y soñar junto con el autor. Hudson murió en Inglaterra, en 1922, a los 81 años. Su epitafio, reza: “Amó los pájaros y los lugares verdes y el viento en el brezal, y vio el resplandor de la aureola de Dios”.
… (mer)
 
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serxius | 9 andra recensioner | Aug 26, 2022 |
A unique memoir of youth on the pampas. Hudson's gift for deep appreciation of wildlife is a unique record in English. Now the wild Argentina that he reveals is definitely far away and disappeared.
 
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ivanfranko | 9 andra recensioner | Jul 10, 2022 |

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Verk
73
Även av
17
Medlemmar
3,280
Popularitet
#7,808
Betyg
½ 3.7
Recensioner
52
ISBN
421
Språk
8
Favoritmärkt
5

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