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`fresh and eager...rich in character...so infectiously alive to the simple pleasures that even now the senses quicken to read it.' Jan Morris in The Times ...a brilliant picture of traditional English rural society ... (Parson Woodforde) is now among the most unforgettable characters of English literature.' Ronald Blythe in the Introduction The world in which Parson Woodforde lived was tumultuous to say the least. Yet while the French Revolution and the American War of Independence shook and changed the world, this kindly country prieSt fills the pages. of his diary with the ordinariness of his life, firstly in a Somerset parish and then in rural Norfolk. He accords no more importance to the Fall of the .Bastille than to the extra large crab he buys from a local fisherman or the cost of ribbons for his niece's hats. Particularly vivid are the descriptions of the gargantuan meals he enjoys • with friends and neighbours, his remedies for ailments, his descriptions of East Anglian winters, his modest but unfailing generosity to the poor and his enthusiasm for local gossip. Parson Woodforde's diary provides an extraordinary portrait of life in Georgian England, but it is the diarist's humour and unpretentiousness which ensure its place among the classics of English literature.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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I have read this book before but thought I would treat myself to a new edition. This is one of my favourite books. If you like social history you will like this book. The book gives a fasinating insight into the country parson's world. Details of his food, the price, his servants and his social life. Details of his journeys across the country by coach. hope you enjoy it.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Written in apparent innocence of possible publication, this diary is a delight to read. An honest, kindly, charitable man, James Woodforde seems to have been content to moor his career in a backwater for almost all his life. So the reader is generously told of domestic and local matters - including income and outgoings - but very little informed of national affairs. You are left with a picture of a thoroughly nice man, but one who seemed to regard it as unnecessary to get involved in the ethical matters arising in a Christian country. A really enjoyable read but don't expect too much. Thoroughly recommended despite that.
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I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the Diary of a Country Parson and I dip into it as bedtime reading. It is a most fascinating insight into 18th century country life and social hierachy. The amount of visiting and dining together of the middleclass and of their after dinner entertainment. The amount of food consumed at dinner with four or five different types of meat followed by fruit and various pies. There is also the sadness of the infant mortality rate and the Parson is regularly conducting their funeral services. The poverty of the working class is ofset where possible by the generous parson and his diary is sometimes humerous when he tells of why he has given certain amounts of money to the deserving poor. I was always interested in the amount of travelling from one part of the country to another in coaches to visit relatives. This is a most entertaining book which focuses on the lives of country people of the time with all their heartaches and pleasures. A real eye opener of life in those times.
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