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When the mother died, nuflo took rima to the green mansions, and the girl, sickly because of the climate at voa, became healthy as she lived close to nature. He was the son of daniel hudson and his wife catherine nee kemble, united states. Hudson was born in argentina, son of settlers of u. I t is a cause of very great regret to me that this task has taken so much longer a time than i had expected for its completion. Green mansionsprologue wikisource, the free online library. Green mansions is an exotic and tragic romance about a young man who travels to venezuela. Once a wealthy young man, he meddled in politics to the extent of provoking a revolution which failed. A romance of the tropical forest is an exotic romance by the britishargentine naturalist william henry hudson. Author william henry hudson is a famed british naturalist, ornithologist and south american explorer.
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