Bibliograph

Green mansions, a romance of the tropical forest

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Green mansions, a romance of the tropical forest

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Green mansions

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Dover books on literature and drama

Sub title

a romance of the tropical forest

Summary

The curious call of an unseen bird lures a young European explorer deeper and deeper into the jungle, where he encounters the source of the siren song - a lovely, half-wild girl with mysterious powers. Thus begins the romance between Abel, a revolutionary hiding among an Indian tribe in the Venezuelan rainforest, and Rima, who speaks the languages of birds and longs to return to the land of her birth to be reunited with others of her kind. Written by a British naturalist with a deep love and knowledge of wilderness areas, the richly colored tale transports readers to the lush atmosphere of the Amazonian outback. Originally published in 1904, this haunting classic offers a narrative of lyric beauty as well as a fascinating link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and modern environmentalism

Target audience

adult

Classification