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Amaryllis at the Fair (first published in 1887) portrays the highs and lows of everyday life on a small, debt-ridden family farm. At Coombe Oaks, Farmer Iden is out in all weathers, planting and sowing; his wife is in the dairy or staving off creditors; and their sensitive, artistic daughter, Amaryllis, is watching it all and praying for salvation. With a host of expertly-drawn minor characters, including miserly Grandfather Iden, loyal George the labourer and dissolute landowner's son Raleigh Pamment, Jefferies gives a rounded picture of a rural community - and in the noble Iden paints a fond portrait of his own farmer father...

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

• Full title: Amaryllis at the Fair
• Author: Richard Jefferies
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150
• EAN: 9781907245053
• ISBN: 9781907245053
• ID: 08864444
• Publisher: Myna Classics
• Weight: 171 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 127 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. March 2010

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