Green Mansions

by W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson, William Henry Hudson

First published: April 1, 2001

Description

A failed revolutionary attempt drives the hero of Hudson's novel to seek refuge in the primeval forests of south-western Venezuela. There, in the "green mansions" of the title, Abel encounters the wood-nymph Rima, the last survivor of a mysterious aboriginal race. The love that flowers between them is soon overshadowed by cruelty and sorrow. - Back cover.

Subjects

Fiction Rain forests Wild women Wild women in fiction Rain forests in fiction South America in fiction Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships in fiction British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) South america, fiction Man-woman relationships, fiction Large type books

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