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W. H. Hudson (1841–1922)

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William Henry Hudson was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 4, 1841 to American parents. He developed a heart condition as a teenager and finally moved to England in 1870. He wrote several novels including The Purple Land, El Ombú, and Green Mansions. He also published numerous books on näytä lisää ornithology and the English countryside including Argentine Ornithology, British Birds, Afoot in England, A Shepherd's Life, Dead Man's Plack, A Traveller in Little Things, and A Hind in Richmond Park. He died on August 18, 1922. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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(eng) Hudson was known under both the English (William Henry) and Spanish (Guillermo Enrique) versions of his forenames. He used the pseudonym Henry Harford to publish his novel Fan. Please do not combine with the "William Henry Hudson" page, as there is another author of the same name.

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Far Away and Long Ago (1917) 288 kappaletta
The Purple Land (1885) 234 kappaletta
A Shepherd's Life (1910) 177 kappaletta
Idle Days in Patagonia (1893) 117 kappaletta
A Crystal Age (1917) 113 kappaletta
Afoot in England (1922) 62 kappaletta
The Book of a Naturalist (1908) 40 kappaletta
A Little Boy Lost (1905) 38 kappaletta
The Naturalist in La Plata (1892) 37 kappaletta
A Traveller in Little Things (1921) 34 kappaletta
Nature in Downland (1932) 29 kappaletta
Hampshire Days (1903) 27 kappaletta
Birds of La Plata (1954) 27 kappaletta
Tales of the Pampas (1902) 25 kappaletta
Adventures among birds (1922) 24 kappaletta
A Hind in Richmond Park (2006) 23 kappaletta
Birds in Town and Village (1919) 22 kappaletta
Birds and Man (1924) 16 kappaletta
The Land's End (1908) 15 kappaletta
South American Romances (1930) 14 kappaletta
El Ombu (1600) 14 kappaletta
Tales of the Gauchos (1946) 13 kappaletta
Birds in London (1898) 12 kappaletta
British birds (1926) 9 kappaletta
Ralph Herne (1923) 8 kappaletta
153 letters from W. H. Hudson (1923) 8 kappaletta
Green Mansions [1959 film] (1959) — Novel — 6 kappaletta
El ombú y otros cuentos (1900) 5 kappaletta
Birds in a Village (2011) 5 kappaletta
El niño diablo [Short story] (1992) 4 kappaletta
Men, books, and birds 4 kappaletta
Birds Of La Plata V1 (1920) (2010) 2 kappaletta
South American sketches (2015) 2 kappaletta
A Hudson Anthology 2 kappaletta
Marta Riquelme 1 kappale
The Red Squirrel 1 kappale
Mary's Little Lamb (1929) 1 kappale

Associated Works

The Fireside Book of Dog Stories (1943) — Avustaja — 144 kappaletta
Best Dog Stories (1990) — Avustaja — 115 kappaletta
Weird Woods: Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain (2020) — Avustaja — 92 kappaletta
The Treasury of English Short Stories (1985) — Avustaja — 84 kappaletta
The Bedside Book of Famous British Stories (1940) — Avustaja — 66 kappaletta
Animal Friends and Adventures (1949) — Avustaja — 55 kappaletta
Favorite Animal Stories (1987) — Avustaja — 11 kappaletta
Classic Dog Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library) (2020) — Avustaja — 9 kappaletta
Teen-Age Treasury for Girls (1958) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta
Great Love Scenes from Famous Novels (1943) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta
Four Novels for Adventure (1960) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
The New Roger Caras Treasury of Great Horse Stories (1999) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta

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Hudson, William Henry
Muut nimet
Hudson, Guillermo Enrique
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Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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London, England, UK
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Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK
London, England, UK
Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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author
naturalist
ornithologist
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (founding member)
Erotteluhuomautus
Hudson was known under both the English (William Henry) and Spanish (Guillermo Enrique) versions of his forenames. He used the pseudonym Henry Harford to publish his novel Fan. Please do not combine with the "William Henry Hudson" page, as there is another author of the same name.

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This book of essays by a noted Naturalist didn't thrill me, but I did read it through and found some interest in his descriptives of the sound of bird song. It contains a set of questions for the teacher to use plus some reprints of several poems mentioned in the essays. It also lists, in the back, the selection of titles of the Kings Treasuries of Literature (from series number 39 to 115).
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gmillar | Jan 12, 2024 |
Short Victorian utopian novel (so much more engaging than William Morris' New From Nowhere), with elements of Alice in Wonderland ("Drink Me"). Although very little happens in the story (a stranger wakes in a strange land, is taken in by a large family, falls in love, and learns their unusual customs, through trial and error, before settling into learning mostly from observation). The thing that make the story good are the contemplative paragraphs, especially towards the end of the novel. I found it amusing that protagonist admitted he never liked reading; and his musings on melancholy rang so true as to make one wonder how much of the author's own experiences were being described. I loved the descriptions of the architecture and decorations of the house; his references to art (Guide), music (popular music of the author's time; older classical music, and the invented tunes in the story), famous authors, mythology, and poetry (Tennyson). Of course Hudson also describes the wildlife, and indeed his monologue with the dog, contemplating his situation at the end of the book, summarises the differences between our world and the one he has found himself in, asking which is better? It was Margaret Atwood who introduced me to this story, and I can see why it has fallen by the way-side against the more well known utopian novels; but like More's utopia, it contained a very refreshing look at women's role in society.… (lisätietoja)
 
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AChild | 4 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 26, 2023 |
Los abuelos de Hudson eran ingleses; sus padres, americanos, se casaron en Boston y en 1833 emigraron a la Argentina. Se instalaron en “Los veinticinco ombúes”, donde criaron ganado vacuno y lanar. Allí nació el 4 de agosto de 1841, William Henry Hudson.
Se enamoró del paisaje y lo recorrió sin parar. Le gustaba cabalgar, observar los árboles y los pájaros. Exploró ese paisaje pampeano soñando con el campo inglés. Joven, visitó nuestro país, al que guardo en su corazón y describió en la antes mencionada novela.
Tras la muerte de sus padres, en 1874, se marchó; no volvió más. En Londres se casó con Emily Wingrave, dueña de la pensión donde vivía, de quien cuentan que cantaba con bella voz.Sus famosas memorias, aparecieron en 1918. Se trata de un clásico libro, que se ha reeditado, varias veces, llamado Far Away and Long Ago-A History of My Early Life, conocido en estas tierras como ALLÁ LEJOS Y HACE TIEMPO.
Es un libro de evocaciones, muy bien redactado, que invita a adentrarte en el paisaje y soñar junto con el autor. Hudson murió en Inglaterra, en 1922, a los 81 años. Su epitafio, reza: “Amó los pájaros y los lugares verdes y el viento en el brezal, y vio el resplandor de la aureola de Dios”.
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serxius | 9 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Aug 26, 2022 |
A unique memoir of youth on the pampas. Hudson's gift for deep appreciation of wildlife is a unique record in English. Now the wild Argentina that he reveals is definitely far away and disappeared.
 
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ivanfranko | 9 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jul 10, 2022 |

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