by R. D. Blackmore (Author), Sally Shuttleworth (Editor)
This is the only critical edition of this perennially popular story. Sally Shuttleworth's introduction finds, beneath the idyllic evocation of rural bliss and a tale of love and high adventure, a startling sub-text which rigidly defends Victorian values, and portrays a 'manly' hero constantly having to prove his masculinity to himself.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 720
Edition: New
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 08 Jul 1999
ISBN 10: 0192836277
ISBN 13: 9780192836274