Cover of Green Mansions

Green Mansions

by William Henry Hudson

First published
1904
Reading level
Plain English
Price
Free

About the book

"Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest" by W. H. Hudson is a novel published in 1904. Abel, a young Venezuelan revolutionary, flees into the uncharted Guyana jungle where he encounters Rima, a mysterious forest-dwelling girl who communicates with birds in an unknown language. As Abel falls in love with her, he learns she seeks her origins among a lost people. Their quest leads them through treacherous terrain and reveals Rima's tragic uniqueness in a world that may not accept her existence.

  • Love stories
  • South America
  • Rain forests
  • Wild women

Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #942. Green Mansions on Wikipedia.

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