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Meadowland

By: John Lewis-Stempel
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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About this listen

Meadowland gives a unique and intimate account of an English meadow’s life from January to December, together with its biography.

In exquisite prose, John Lewis-Stempel records the passage of the seasons from cowslips in spring to the hay-cutting of summer and grazing in autumn, and includes the biographies of the animals that inhabit the grass and the soil beneath: the badger clan, the fox family, the rabbit warren, the skylark brood and the curlew pair, among others. Their births, lives, and deaths are stories that thread through the book from first page to last.

©2014 John Lewis-Stempel (P)2014 Soundings Earth Sciences Ecology Ecosystems & Habitats Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Heartfelt

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I cannot recommend this enough, ecology, biology, folklore, history poetry about our beautiful country. An absolute pleasure to listen to.

Beautifully written book.

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I loved listening to this story of a Meadow with all the changes that it goes through over the course of a year. I felt the narrator told the story well and as I listened I could really visualise the scene. I found it very informative too and caught myself thinking “Oh I didn’t know that” more than once.

Entertaining and informative

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I love all johns books and this is no exception. Beautifully written, it feels like you've been for a walk in nature every time you pick it up. ive never read nature books before but these are wonderful. x

Beautiful

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Lovely, informative, interesting and engaging . Reminds me of years gone by and what we had. Hopefully enlightens people to create habitats for our native flora and fauna

Great insight

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Had to give up and buy the book as the narrator is incredibly irritating and unsuited to the text. He randomly emphasises the wrong syllables and words and appears to have no understanding of the text whatsoever.
Such a shame, as this could have been a great audiobook.

Interesting book ruined by the narrator

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