Ronald Blythe (Author of Akenfield)

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Ronald Blythe

Born

in Acton, Suffolk, The United Kingdom

November 06, 1922

Died

January 14, 2023

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Ronald Blythe CBE was one of the UK's greatest living writers. His work, which won countless awards, includes Akenfield (a Penguin 20th-Century Classic and a feature film), Private Words, Field Work, Outsiders: A Book of Garden Friends and numerous other titles. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded their prestigious Benson Medal in 2006. In 2017, he was appointed CBE for services to literature ...more

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	Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village 4.18 avg rating — 875 ratings — published 1969 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Next to Nature: A Lifetime in the English Countryside 4.13 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Time by the Sea: Aldeburgh 1955-1958 3.81 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Word from Wormingford: a Parish year 4.26 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voices Of Akenfield 3.82 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age of Illusion: England in the Twenties and Thirties, 1919-1940 4.05 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1964 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bookman's Tale 3.64 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Yeoman's House 4.20 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The View in Winter 3.66 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1979 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Year at Bottengoms Farm 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“strode happily into the mud. No birdsong, no firm footing 鈥� 鈥楢re you all right?鈥� 鈥� and no sense, as our forebears would have said. And everywhere an abundance of old deaths and new life, of fallen wood and wild iris shoots, papery reeds and greening mulch.”
― Ronald Blythe, Next to Nature: A Lifetime in the English Countryside

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“Sing unto the Lord a new song鈥�, we are told, but we sing Monsell and Heber and Prudentius, of course. It is the best we can do. Their rich language boosts the interior glow.”
― Ronald Blythe, Next to Nature: A Lifetime in the English Countryside

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“It is the Epiphany. White or gold? says the lectionary. Take your choice. We hear the voices of John and Jeremiah, enlighteners and poets both. We address God as 鈥榯he bright splendour whom the nations seek鈥�.”
― Ronald Blythe, Next to Nature: A Lifetime in the English Countryside

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