The Purple Land
W. H. Hudson
Belletristik / Historische Romane und Erzählungen
Beschreibung
The Purple Land is a novel that sets in 19th-century Uruguay by William Henry Hudson, first published in 1885 under the title The Purple Land that England Lost. Initially a commercial and critical failure, it was reissued in 1904 with the full title The Purple Land, Being One Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Orientál, in South America, as told by Himself. Towards the end of the novel, the narrator explains the title, "I will call my book The Purple Land. For what more suitable name can one find for a country so stained with the blood of her children?"
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Colonialism critique, Nature descriptions, Travel memoir style, Exploration narrative, British expatriate, Local culture interaction, Uruguay setting, 19th-century novel, Historical fiction, South American adventure