Jean Francois Millet (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Jean François Millet Channel - hard by the coast, and facing the Isle of Wight - lies the village of Greville. From the summit of the cliż's, the eye surveys a rolling waste of waters; turning inland, it en counters an equally monotonous plateau. Grey ploughed lands and arid meadows alone diversify that dreary expanse of wilderness, covered for miles, partly with the refuse of the sea and partly with brown heather. Here and there a crippled tree, distorted by the action of the keen sea-breezes, the outline of some squat church tower, or a mean thatched cottage, stands out against asullen lowering sky. This region is the home of a simple patriarchal people, a race of fishers and husbandmen, wringing a scanty livelihood from the inhospitable soil, by dint of unremitting labour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.