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A CotswoldVillage
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780706963793
Publisher: Ottavio Ferrante
Published: Jul 27 2026
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
is adescriptive account written in the late 19th century thatprovidesanintimateportrayalofrural lifeinGloucestershire. Thework captures the charm and character of a small Cotswold village, exploring its landscapes, architecture, and the lives of its inhabitants through a blend of personal observation and poetic reflection. The opening of the bookinvites readers into the picturesque Cotswold Hills, contrasting their stark, cold beauty with the vibrant life of the valley below. Gibbs recounts his first im pression of the village, emphasizing its old stone cottages, lush trees, and the enchanting trout stream that flows nearby. As he describes the old manor house and its surrounding structures, he reveals a deep appreciation for the harmony between nature and architecture, as well as the sense of commu nity among the villagers, highlighting the traditions that persist despite the encroaching changes of modern life. The idyllic setting serves as a backdrop to explore both the charm and the complexities of country existence, setting the stage for the deeper reflections on life and nature that will follow.
London is becoming miserably hot and dusty; everybody who can get away isrushingoff, north, south, east, andwest, sometotheseaside, oth ers to pleasant country houses. Who will fly with me westwards to the land of golden sunshine and silvery troutstreams, thelandofbreezyuplandsand valleysnestlingunderlimestonehills, wherethescreamoftherailwaywhistle is seldom heard and the smoke of the factory darkens not the long summer days? Away, in the smooth Flying Dutchman; past Windsor's glorious towers and Eton's playing-fields; past the little village and churchyard where a century and a half ago the famousElegywaswritten, andwhere, hardby those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, yet rests the body of the mighty poet, Gray. How those lines run in one's head this bright summer evening, as from our railway carriage we note the great white dome of Stoke House peeping out amid the elms! whilst every field reminds us of him who wrote those lilting stanzas long, long ago
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