Beside Still Waters

Beside Still Waters

Arthur Christopher Benson

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Editorial:
Alpha Editions
Año de edición:
2021
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9789354842481
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A quiet recovery of a vanished world, and a companion for recent days alike. Beside Still Waters gathers elegiac essays in a restrained, luminous Edwardian prose style that still speaks with clarity to modern readers.This complete edition assembles classic essays that turn nature and landscape into mirrors for memory, time, and character. In reflective mood and lucid cadence, the pieces illuminate English countryside, the seasons, and the moods of early twentieth-century England, offering contemplative moral reflections that reward both the casual reader and the serious student of literature. The book sits as a thoughtful mediator between the general reader and the tradition of British nature appreciation, inviting memory and nostalgia without sentimentality.Historically, Arthur Christopher Benson’s work sits at a pivotal point in English literature-a bridge between late Victorian measurement and modern sensibility. Its quiet resilience and humane tone reveal an enduring value for students of English literature and for anyone who cherishes a calm, thoughtful voice amidst contemporary noise. Beside Still Waters is not merely a reprint; it is a restored, culturally significant corpus, revived for today’s audience and for future generations. More than a collection, it is a collector’s item and a cultural treasure, a touchstone for a complete edition that honours the craft and the moment.

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