The Country Child/an Illustrated Reminiscence

by Piers Dudgeon (Editor)

Book by unknown

192 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1993

About the author

Piers Dudgeon is a British author of more than thirty works of nonfiction. After a decade as a London editor, he founded a publishing company working with writers including John Fowles, Catherine Cookson, Peter Ackroyd, Daphne du Maurier, Shirley Conran and Ted Hughes, later writing acclaimed literary biographies and cultural histories set in Yorkshire.

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

A delightful book of excerpts from 18-19th century writings about childhood in Great Britain by well known authors including Flora Thompson, Robert Louis Stephenson, and Beatrix Potter; either their own memories or stories for children. The editor, Piers Dudgeon, provides interspersed context about the authors and their life. He includes contemporary photos of locations mentioned by the authors such as cottages they grew up in or the countryside.