Green MansionsIllustrated. E-book. Formato Mobipocket - 9788826482835

Green MansionsIllustrated. E-book. Formato Mobipocket. Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest is an exotic romance by the British-Argentine naturalist William Henry Hudson. The story tells of a traveller to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest dwelling girl named Rima. As a primary theme, the novel explores the potential damage inherent in contact between European and indigenous cultures.<br /><br />A failed revolutionary attempt drives the hero of Hudson&#39;s novel to seek refuge in the primeval forests of south-western Venezuela. There, in the &#39;green mansions&#39; of the title, Abel encounters the wood-nymph Rima, the last survivor of a mysterious aboriginal race. The love that flowers between them is soon overshadowed by cruelty and sorrow...<br /><br />One of the acknowledged masters of natural history writing, W. H. Hudson forms an important link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and the twentieth-century ecological movement. First published in 1904 and a bestseller after its reissue a dozen years later, Green Mansions offers its readers a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man.<br /><br />Hudson presents a moving and mysterious romance against a backdrop of great natural beauty. Books as rich as &quot;Green Mansions&quot; need to be savored, like good wine. The story flows naturally and poetically. Though written over a hundred years ago, it doesn&#39;t seem at all dated. The plot and the pacing are superb, and Hudson&#39;s storytelling is particularly fascinating.