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A beautiful lost classic of English countryside literature. During the Second World War, John Stewart Collis left his comfortable academic life to work on the land for the war effort. Set in the south of England, his account comprises whatever happens to take his fancy, ranging from humorous sketches of the characters he works alongside, mini-essays such as “Contemplation upon Ants,” “Meditation while Singling Mangolds,” to celebrations of the earth worm, pea and potato. Exquisitely written, the book is an enchanting read.About the AuthorJOHN STEWART COLLIS was born in 1900. His father was a Dublin solicitor and Collis was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1925 he published a biography of George Bernard Shaw and he later went on to write other biographical works and also became a pioneer of the ecological movement in Britain. During the Second World War his wife and daughters were evacuated to the United States and he worked for the Land Army as an agricultural labourer - accompanied by his beloved dog, Bindo. His memoirs and meditations on rural life, While Following the Plough (1946) and Down to Earth (1947) were first published together as The Worm Forgive

Who reads The Worm Forgives the Plough (Vintage Classics)?

Author

John Stewart Collis

Publisher

Vintage Classics : [distributor] TBS The Book Service Ltd

Published

1975

Language

EN

ISBN

9780099529484

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Science

Rating

4.11 / 5 (69 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14