Far Away and Long Ago (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: W. H. Hudson
- First Published: 1918
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Type of Plot: Reminiscence and nature notes
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: Argentina
- Principal Characters: W. H. Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Hudson, Dona Pascuala, Don Evaristo Penalva
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Nature, Nineteenth century, Argentina or Argentineans, South America or South Americans, Latin America or Latin Americans, Naturalists
- Locales: Argentina
Critique:
William Henry Hudson wrote his autobiography while in bed during a six-weeks’ illness. On the second day of his illness, beginning to have a clear and vivid vision of his childhood, he decided to write out the picture. The vision stayed with him, and, between bouts of fever and sleep, he continued to record the impressions he had of his early life on the pampas of Argentina. The result was aptly named FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO, for he was an old man writing of his life between the years of three and sixteen. This book, revealing Hudson as a naturalist, a poet,...
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