Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village (version 2)


Read by Peter Yearsley

(4.5 stars; 4 reviews)

Tickner Edwardes (properly Edward Tickner Edwardes) served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI and later became the vicar of the West Sussex village of Burpham. Edwardes has the same naturalist's fascination with the world around him as Gilbert White had, a century before.

He wrote on beekeeping, wrote what is probably the earliest book describing hitchhiking, and wrote a number of books (fiction and non-fiction) about life on the Sussex Downs. "Neighbourhood" is a semi-fictionalised essay on life in his village, and on its people, month by month through the year. (8 hr 8 min)

Chapters

Introduction 8:42 Read by Peter Yearsley
January - Part One 20:49 Read by Peter Yearsley
January - Part Two 21:04 Read by Peter Yearsley
February - Part One 18:37 Read by Peter Yearsley
February - Part Two 24:41 Read by Peter Yearsley
March - Part One 19:48 Read by Peter Yearsley
March - Part Two 23:56 Read by Peter Yearsley
April - Part One 15:20 Read by Peter Yearsley
April - Part Two 20:26 Read by Peter Yearsley
May - Part One 19:44 Read by Peter Yearsley
May - Part Two 26:35 Read by Peter Yearsley
June - Part One 25:16 Read by Peter Yearsley
June - Part Two 19:56 Read by Peter Yearsley
July - Part One 31:57 Read by Peter Yearsley
July - Part Two 13:31 Read by Peter Yearsley
August - Part One 23:22 Read by Peter Yearsley
August - Part Two 10:01 Read by Peter Yearsley
September - Part One 18:35 Read by Peter Yearsley
September - Part Two 14:35 Read by Peter Yearsley
October - Part One 14:12 Read by Peter Yearsley
October - Part Two 21:12 Read by Peter Yearsley
November - Part One 15:11 Read by Peter Yearsley
November - Part Two 25:43 Read by Peter Yearsley
December - Part One 11:00 Read by Peter Yearsley
December - Part Two 24:14 Read by Peter Yearsley

Reviews

Wonderful book.


(5 stars)

My wife and I would get our tea or hot chocolate and listen to this after the kids were in bed, to unwind from the day. The narrator did a fantastic job and the beautiful word pictures of people and scenery were relaxing and joyful. I recommend it for those who need a slowdown and a reminder of what joy in life really is.