He makes a contract with the father figure for a years work in exchange for bed and board and a suit of their wonderful attire.Smith finds a self contained community perfectly in tune with each other and with their natural surroundings, they have an intense relationship with the fauna and flora and of course are vegetarian. Their written language is different and Smith finds himself on a steep learning curve if he wants to stay in the community. Their clothing fits like the skin of a snake in sumptuous colours and Smith falls in love with one of the bright young girls. They know nothing of England or modern civilisation and are easily upset by Smiths rough city ways. He discovers a small community living in a large old house who are in tune with their natural surroundings.
Exploring he comes across a curious burial party and after witnessing a short service he is invited by a father figure back to the house for refreshment.
He awakes to find himself in a different country. His most famous novel was Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest.Told in the first person Smith a keen English amateur naturalist exploring rough terrain falls some 40 feet into a deep hollow and loses consciousness. He was an acquaintance of George Gissing. He was the author of nearly fifty books a mixture of novels, ornithological works and books about the English countryside. William Henry Hudson was an Argentinian author, naturalist and Ornithologist who emigrated to London in 1874 and became a British citizen some time later. Listed as a proto - science fiction novel A Crystal Age published in 1887 has all the charm of a Victorian fantasy novel tinged with an echo of erotism that permeates the tale.
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