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Woodburn Grange: A story of English country life; vol. 1 of 3

Chapter 13: BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
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About This Book

A portrait of English rural life centered on an old landed family whose proud Norman lineage contrasts with their diminishing social relevance; the narrative sketches generations at the estate, local neighbours and village characters, and events such as fêtes, picnics, and communal gatherings. Through episodes introducing figures like Sir Roger Rockville, the Woodburns, Betty Trapps, and Thorsby, the story explores conservatism, social customs, agricultural practices, and shifting relations between gentry and villagers, combining family history, local politics, and seasonal festivities to depict changing country manners and the everyday rhythms of estate and village life.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

Three Vols.

MADAM DORRINGTON ON THE DENE.

A STORY OF ENGLISH LIFE.

“Round Madam Dorrington’s Dene, country neighbours are sown as rich in peculiarity as in those which diversified the existence of Fredrika Bremer’s heroines. The story is full of vigour and freshness.”—Athenæum.

“We have now to welcome Mr. Howitt as a fiction writer of high excellence. He has evinced a rare power in the portraiture of his principal character—the inimitable Madam Dorrington. The characters of the sterner sex are also admirably drawn. Jeremiah Gould, the vicar of Westwood, is worthy of Goldsmith.”—Weekly Chronicle.

“Madam Dorrington is a model of womanly beauty, dignity, tenderness, and truth. There is no female character of modern times worthy of being compared to her.”—Sunday Times.

“It is English country life in its most charming aspect.”—Examiner.


Cheaper Edition. Two Vols. 12s.

THE HALL AND THE HAMLET.

“This book deserves a place in the library of fiction by the village books of Miss Mitford.”—Athenæum.


Three Vols.

THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE;
Or, ENGLAND FORTY YEARS AGO.

“A novel which will be admitted into the foremost rank of our political romances.”—Leader.

“It is a remarkable book, which refers to eventful times, and brings some important persons who belong to fact, into the striking pages of fiction. The lover of literature will admire the eloquent style and spirited tone of these volumes.”—Sun.

“It is pourtrayed with vividness and truth; the interest of the story is strong and sustained.”—Spectator.

“Certainly the most important novel of the season.”—Observer.

“Those persons who feel an interest in learning the condition of society and the state of the working classes, at the period immediately following the peace after the battle of Waterloo, will find a good record of it in ‘The Man of the People.’”—Athenæum.


HURST AND BLACKETT.