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W. H. Hudson (1841–1922)

Auteur van Green Mansions

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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Ontwarringsbericht:

(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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Werken van W. H. Hudson

Green Mansions (1904) 1,721 exemplaren
Ver weg en lang geleden (1917) 288 exemplaren
The Purple Land (1885) 234 exemplaren
A Shepherd's Life (1910) 178 exemplaren
A Crystal Age (1917) 113 exemplaren
Afoot in England (1922) 62 exemplaren
The Book of a Naturalist (1908) 40 exemplaren
A Little Boy Lost (1905) 38 exemplaren
The Naturalist in La Plata (1892) 37 exemplaren
A Traveller in Little Things (1921) 34 exemplaren
Nature in Downland (1932) 29 exemplaren
Birds of La Plata (1954) 27 exemplaren
Hampshire Days (1903) 27 exemplaren
Tales of the Pampas (1902) 25 exemplaren
Adventures among birds (1922) 24 exemplaren
A Hind in Richmond Park (2006) 23 exemplaren
Birds in Town and Village (1919) 22 exemplaren
Birds and Man (1924) 16 exemplaren
The Land's End (1908) 15 exemplaren
El Ombu (1600) 14 exemplaren
Birds in London (1898) 14 exemplaren
South American Romances (1930) 14 exemplaren
Tales of the Gauchos (1946) 13 exemplaren
British birds (1926) 9 exemplaren
Ralph Herne (1923) 8 exemplaren
153 letters from W. H. Hudson (1923) 8 exemplaren
Green Mansions [1959 film] (1959) — Novel — 6 exemplaren
Birds in a Village (2011) 5 exemplaren
El ombú y otros cuentos (1900) 5 exemplaren
Men, books, and birds 4 exemplaren
El niño diablo [Short story] (1992) 4 exemplaren
South American sketches (2015) 2 exemplaren
Birds Of La Plata V1 (1920) (2010) 2 exemplaren
A Hudson Anthology 2 exemplaren
Marta Riquelme 1 exemplaar
Páginas escogidas 1 exemplaar
The Red Squirrel 1 exemplaar
The Scarlet Letter 1 exemplaar
Mary's Little Lamb (1929) 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam
Hudson, William Henry
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Hudson, Guillermo Enrique
Geslacht
male
Geboorteplaats
Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Plaats van overlijden
London, England, UK
Woonplaatsen
Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK
London, England, UK
Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Beroepen
author
naturalist
ornithologist
Organisaties
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (founding member)
Ontwarringsbericht
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.… (meer)
 
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AChild | 4 andere besprekingen | 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 andere besprekingen | 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 andere besprekingen | Jul 10, 2022 |

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