Synopses & Reviews
The timeless classic beautifully restored to its original 1920s format. Lavishly illustrated with 60 drawings by Keith Henderson, W.H. Hudsons most famous novel,
Green Mansions is the book that sparked the nature conservation movement. The inspiration for the movie starring Audrey Hepburn,
Green Mansions stunningly recreates the untouched forests of South America with amazing detail.
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-girls 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.
A master of natural history writing, W.H. Hudson forms a link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and the twentieth-century ecological movement. First published in 1904, Green Mansions owes much of its success to the mystic, near-religious feelings that pervade the story. Hudsons halting, poetic expressions combined with his descriptions of untouched, natural beauty makes Green Mansions as powerful call back to nature today as it was one hundred years ago.
Synopsis
Classic master of natural history writing W. H. Hudson forms an important link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and the twentieth-century ecological movement. His most famous novel, Green Mansions, now resplendent in a glorious, full-cloth package featuring a foil-stamped cover and interior illustrations by Keith Henderson, transports readers to the 1920s back-to-nature movement as Hudson captivates them with this timeless, mystical romance.
Deep in the virgin forests of southwestern Venezuela, where European Abel seeks refuge from war. Instead of peace and solitude in the "green mansion," he encounters the wood nymph Rima, the last survivor of a mysterious aboriginal race. Abel is quickly captivated by her ethereal presence, and a love somewhere between reality and imagination blossoms between them. However, cruelty and sorrow lie in wait on the horizon, and the couple's romance is not fated to last forever.
Exploring a love somewhere between reality and imagination, Green Mansions offers its readers 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. Hudson's halting, poetic expressions combined with his descriptions of untouched, natural beauty make Green Mansions a powerful a call back to nature.
Synopsis
A master of natural history writing, W. H. Hudson forms an important link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and the twentieth-century ecological movement.
His most famous novel, Green Mansions begins deep in the virgin forests of southwestern Venezuela, where European Abel seeks refuge from war. Instead of peace and solitude in the green mansion,” he encounters the wood nymph Rima, the last survivor of a mysterious aboriginal race. Abel is quickly captivated by her ethereal presence, and a love somewhere between reality and imagination blossoms between them. However, cruelty and sorrow lie in wait on the horizon, and the couples romance is not fated to last forever.
First published in 1904 and still a best-seller after its reissue a dozen years later, the book owes much of its popularity to the mystic, near-religious feeling that pervades the story and to the beauty of Rima's halting, poetic expressions. This stunning new facsimile edition of the 1920s reissue features beautiful drawings by renowned illustrator Keith Henderson. An exquisite collectors item, this is the definitive edition of a modern classic.
About the Author
William Henry Hudson (18411922) was a naturalist, an ornithologist, and the author of such books as Far Away and Long Ago, The Purple Land, and A Shepherds Life. Born in Argentina, he settled in England in 1874 where he lived for the rest of his life.