Bibliograph

Green mansions, W.H. Hudson

Type

Label

Green mansions, W.H. Hudson

Language

eng

Illustrations

portraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Green mansions

Oclc number

5734171

Responsibility statement

W.H. Hudson

Series statement

Airmont classics series, CL87

Summary

After a failed revolution, Abel is forced to seek refuge in the virgin forests of southwestern Venezuela. There, in his “green mansion”, Abel meets the wood-nymph Rima, the last of a reclusive aboriginal race. The bird-girl?s ethereal presence captivates him completely, but the love that blossoms is soon darkened by cruelty and sorrow. Exploring a love somewhere between reality and imagination, Green Mansions is a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man.?

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