So, I've been wanting to write a story that takes place in the countryside. And I don't have any reference to write that kind of story.
More than writing a story in a bucolic setting, I want to write a story that feels bucolic. A story whose elements, characters and writing leaves a bucolic taste in the readers' mouth.
So I came here seeking for recommendations of books or short stories with that kind of feel. My story won't take place in a specific country, but an English countryside seems to be the most accurate choice for me. If the book doesn't take place in England or the United Kingdom, it is still going to be a welcoming recommendation.
by CircusOfCaos
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Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik. Very gentle ( kind of) true story set in rural Britain ( countryside, moors then coast)!about the author’s grandmother ( Miss Hargreaves) who was a land girl in WW2 ( who is the oldest woman in her division of the land army) and then continued to live with the woman whose farm she worked at for the rest of their lives ( the relationship is left ambiguous as irl we don’t know). one of my favourite books and mostly just a sweet cosy story about two women who don’t have much making do and living together in the British countryside and later a little village, from the 1940s -60s. It has a slow gentle pace and very vivid descriptions of farm life, walks in the wood, daily routines, cooking, garden.
I wonder if My Antonia by Willa Cather is appropriate.