The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson
"The Purple Land" by W. H. Hudson is a novel published in 1885. When young Englishman Richard Lamb elopes with an Argentinian girl without her father's consent, he flees to Uruguay seeking work. His journey plunges him into dangerous adventures with gauchos, rebel guerrillas, and romantic entanglements across the wild countryside. As Lamb navigates battles, escapes, and forbidden encounters, he gradually questions everything he believed about civilization, freedom, and where he truly
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| Author | Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922 |
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| Title |
The Purple Land Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adventures in The Banda Orientál, in South America, as Told By Himself |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Land |
| Credits |
Text file produced by Juliet Sutherland, Eric Eldred, Charles Franksand the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | British -- Uruguay -- Fiction |
| Subject | Uruguay -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 7132 |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 447 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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