Thursday 16 February 2023

Kilvert's Diary

In
Kilvert's Diary fragments of forgotten peoples dwell; consecrated with the Reverend's own personal reflections and observations of nature. The peopled fragments mingle with the solitary romantic day-dreams. The laughter from tea parties, picnics and excursions spill over; the pleasure Kilvert finds in the natural landscapes makes one long to view the world with nineteenth-century eyes.

Picture credit: Rev. Robert Francis Kilvert, 1840-1879 (source: Wikipedia).

From journal, November 2021. See Kilvert's Diary (Vintage Classics, selected by William Plomer).