Driven Back to Eden
Автор:
Edward Payson RoeЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2025-10-14Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
66
Description
First serialized in the popular children’s magazine St. Nicholas, Driven Back to Eden is a classic of the 19th-century “back-to-the-land” genre. In the preface, author Edward Payson Roe explains that he intended to write a realistic story that could serve as a practical and encouraging guide for families wishing to escape urban tenements for a healthier, more wholesome life in the country.
For Robert Durham, a bookkeeper earning a modest salary, life in his crowded New York City flat has become an unsolvable problem. He sees his wife growing nervous and weary, his frail daughter Mousie fading in the city air, and his other children being drawn into the...
