Opis: Edina - Wood Henry

Excerpt from Edina: A Novel

The village, in which the first scenes of this history are laid, was called Trench; and the land about it was bleak and bare and dreary enough, though situated in the grand old county of Cornwall. For, mines lay around, with all the signs and features of miners' work; yawning pit mouths, leading down to their rich beds of minerals- some of tho mines in all the bustle of full operation, some worked out and abandoned. Again, surrounding these, might be seen miners' huts, and other dwelling-places, and the counting-houses attached to the shafts. The little village of Trennach skirted this tract of labour; for, while the mining district extended for some milos on the one side of the hamlet; on the other side, half an hour's gentle walking brought you to a different looking country altogether - to trees, and pasture land, and luxuriant vegetation.

Tho village street consisted chiefly of shops. Very humble shops, most of them; but the miners and the other inhabitants, being out of reach of better, found them good enough. Most of the shops dealt in mixed articles, and might be called general shops rather than special ones. The lisondra pcr, for instance, added brushes and brooms to his cottons and stuffs; the grocer sold saucepans and gridirons; the baker did a thriving trade in home-made pickles. On a dark night, the most cheery-looking shop was the druggist's: tho four globes, red, green, blue, and amber, displayed in its windows, sending forth their colours on the faces of the passers-by, and tingeing the puddles in the road.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Szczegóły: Edina - Wood Henry

Nazwa: Edina A Novel (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Wood Henry
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330140659
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 444
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: Edina - Wood Henry