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Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village (version 2)

Gelesen von Peter Yearsley

(4,5 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)

Tickner Edwardes (properly Edward Tickner Edwardes) served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI and later became the vicar of the West Sussex village of Burpham. Edwardes has the same naturalist's fascination with the world around him as Gilbert White had, a century before.

He wrote on beekeeping, wrote what is probably the earliest book describing hitchhiking, and wrote a number of books (fiction and non-fiction) about life on the Sussex Downs. "Neighbourhood" is a semi-fictionalised essay on life in his village, and on its people, month by month through the year. (8 hr 8 min)

Chapters

Introduction

8:42

Read by Peter Yearsley

January - Part One

20:49

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January - Part Two

21:04

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February - Part One

18:37

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February - Part Two

24:41

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March - Part One

19:48

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March - Part Two

23:56

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April - Part One

15:20

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April - Part Two

20:26

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May - Part One

19:44

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May - Part Two

26:35

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June - Part One

25:16

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June - Part Two

19:56

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July - Part One

31:57

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July - Part Two

13:31

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August - Part One

23:22

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August - Part Two

10:01

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September - Part One

18:35

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September - Part Two

14:35

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October - Part One

14:12

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October - Part Two

21:12

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November - Part One

15:11

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November - Part Two

25:43

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December - Part One

11:00

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December - Part Two

24:14

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Bewertungen

Wonderful book.

(5 Sterne)

My wife and I would get our tea or hot chocolate and listen to this after the kids were in bed, to unwind from the day. The narrator did a fantastic job and the beautiful word pictures of people and scenery were relaxing and joyful. I recommend it for those who need a slowdown and a reminder of what joy in life really is.