Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A shropshire lad wikisource, the free online library. Id got it into my head that a shropshire lad was a rural idyll about bucolic farm boys, milk maids and nostalgic reveries about blue remembered. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This beautiful macmillan collectors library edition of a. Housman, was an english classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems a shorpshire lad.
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A shropshire lad classic illustrated edition ebook. Housmans first collection and his signature work, the poems here mix the styles of traditional english ballads and. A shropshire lad was first published in 1896 at housmans own expense after several publishers had turned it down. This page was last edited on 19 january 2014, at 05. Our ebooks and eaudio service is now available online through the cloud library website. This is an account of the year when he was transplanted into a smalltown grammar school, on the very day war began.
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Evocative of the blue remembered hills of his youth, alfred edward housmans a shropshire lad is a collection of sixtythree poems of extraordinary beauty and feeling. Download a shropshire lad and last poems and read a shropshire lad and last poems online books in format. Housmans a shropshire lad features the superb wood engravings of the vorticist artist and illustrator agnes miller parker, and is accompanied by an afterword by dr david butterfield, editor of the housman society journal. A shropshire lad macmillan collectors library book 145. The author was then a boy of eleven, living with his family on their farm in the village. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Authoritative edition of one of the enduring classics of english poetry 63 poems on the nature of friendship, the passing of youth, the vanity of dreams, other. Do you want to search free download a shropshire lad or free read online. Youll need your library card number and pin as before. A shropshire lad was first published in 1896 at housmans own expense after several publishers had. Alfred edward housman 6 march 1859 30 april 1936, usually known as a. The place is little ness, a sandstone village in the shadow of the shropshire hills.
The charms of the poems in a shropshire lad, published in 1896, continue to resonate today. If you want todownload this ebook, i provide downloads as a pdf, kindle, word, txt, ppt, rar and zip. Click the download button to download a copy of the marc file. Housmans a shropshire lad, first published in 1896. The parish church of st laurence is one of the largest in the county, reflecting the towns affluence at the time of its rebuilding in the 15th century.
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