A Shropshire Lad

ISBN-10: 1438500696
ISBN-13: 9781438500690
Series: A Shropshire Lad
Category: Poetry, English
Language: English
Published: 2008
Publisher: Book Jungle
Author: Jr. A.E.Housman

Description

A Shropshire Lad was first published, at Housman's own expense, in 1896 after several publishers had turned it down. At first the book sold slowly, but during the Second Boer War, Housman's nostalgic depiction of rural life, the book became a bestseller The main theme of ""A Shropshire Lad"" is mortality, and advice about how we live our lives since death can come in anytime.

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A Shropshire Lad: in large print
- 2023-09-11
- 81 pages
- Paperback
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A Shropshire Lad: With a Chapter from Twenty-Four Portraits by...
- 2020-05-26
- 78 pages
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A Shropshire Lad
- 2017-06-14
- 94 pages
- Paperback
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
A Shropshire Lad
- 2013-04-17
- 44 pages
- Paperback
- CreateSpace

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