Amaryllis at the Fair is a lyrical novel by Richard Jefferies, published posthumously in 1887. Set in the English countryside, it tells the gentle, bittersweet story of Amaryllis, a young girl growing up amidst the decline of her family’s fortunes. Jefferies’s detailed, loving descriptions of rural life and nature evoke a vanishing pastoral world. Through Amaryllis’s experiences, the novel reflects on themes of innocence, change, and the quiet dignity of everyday life. Its elegiac tone captures the beauty and fragility of the rural experience.
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