Kilvert's Diary and Landscape

by John Toman

'Why do I keep this voluminous journal?' - Francis Kilvert asked himself. 'Partly because life appears to me such a curious and wonderful thing that it almost seems a pity that even such a humble and uneventful life as mine should pass all together away without some such record as this...' Kilvert's Diary was an effort to tell the story of his life as well as to picture rural society, which Victorians were prone to idealise. Kilvert's loving portraits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718830954
• ISBN13: 9780718830953
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"