A Shropshire Lad 14+

📖 A Shropshire Lad was first published, at Housman's own expense, in 1896 afterseveral publishers had turned it down. At first the book sold slowly, but duringthe Second Boer War, Housman's nostalgic depiction of rural life, the book becamea bestseller The main theme of ""A Shropshire Lad"" is mortality, and advice about how we live our lives since death can come in anytime.