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_aFenn, George Manville, _d1831-1909 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aDick o' the Fens: A Tale of the Great East Swamp |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2007 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2007-05-04 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Nick Hodson of London, England | ||
| 520 | _a"Dick o' the Fens: A Tale of the Great East Swamp" by George Manville Fenn is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story primarily revolves around the character Dick Winthorpe, the son of a squire, as he navigates the complexities of life in the Fenland while facing the tensions between modernization efforts and the preservation of the traditional fen lifestyle. The opening chapters set the stage for a conflict over land drainage, bringing to light the struggles between local farmers and the natural environment. At the start of the tale, we are introduced to Dick and his friend Tom Tallington while they are enjoying the day at the wheelwright's shop, where they witness the preparations involving a heated iron tire for a wheel. Conversations at the shop, interspersed with a playful dynamic among the boys, hint at a looming threat in the form of an upcoming drainage project that the squire promotes but that Dick vehemently opposes. Tensions rise as incidents of sabotage occur around the drainage effort, indicating the depth of local attachment to the fen. As their evening progresses, the boys are drawn into a discussion about the natural beauty of the fen, which they fear will be destroyed by these changes, foreshadowing the book's themes of nature versus progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aDogs -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aFathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aAdventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aNatural history -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aPhysicians -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aHunting -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aSwamps -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21306 |
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