Characters and Their Landscapes

by Ronald Blythe

Examines the relationship between the natural world and the writings of Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Hardy, William Hazlitt, and other authors

256 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1983

About the author

Ronald Blythe CBE was one of the UK's greatest living writers. His work, which won countless awards, includes Akenfield (a Penguin 20th-Century Classic and a feature film), Private Words, Field Work, Outsiders: A Book of Garden Friends and numerous other titles. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded their prestigious Benson Medal in 2006. In 2017, he was appointed CBE for services to literature