Woven from the words of the inhabitants of a small Suffolk village in the 1960s, *Akenfield* is a masterpiece of twentieth-century English literature, a scrupulously observed and deeply affecting portrait of a place and people and a now vanished way of life. Ronald Blythe's wonderful book raises end
PORTRAIT OF A DISAPPEARING ENGLISH VILLAGE
โ Scribed by DIANA KENDALL
- Book ID
- 115222401
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1963
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 451 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0038-0199
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