- Great britain, history, Natural history, Mountains, English literature
The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain: said a newspaper of this when it was first published. The manuscript was completed in 1944, Nan Shepherd showed it to a friend, who thought it would be tough to find a publisher.
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Character
Contemplative, character-led, earnest and grave.
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Nan Shepherd
- First published
- 1977
- Pages
- 114
- Publisher
- Canongate, Canongate Books, AberdeenUniversity Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780900015403
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