Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 206 Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865 1939 Yeats, William Butler Four Years Produced by David Starner, Joshua Hutchinson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "Four Years" by W. B. Yeats is an autobiographical account written in the late 19th century. The narrative focuses on the formative years of Yeats's life, particularly from 1887 to 1891, capturing his experiences and interactions with notable figures in art and literature during a period of personal and artistic development. The opening of "Four Years" introduces readers to the young Yeats as he reflects on his family's move from Dublin to Bedford Park, a quiet area in London, where he becomes immersed in the artistic atmosphere influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He recalls the contrasting feelings of nostalgia for his childhood, artistic aspirations, and a sense of disillusionment with the changes in society and art. The early chapters explore his relationships with various artists and intellectuals, including W. E. Henley and Oscar Wilde, providing insight into Yeats's evolving identity as a poet and thinker amidst the vibrant yet tumultuous cultural landscape of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Poets, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 PR Text Category: Biographies Nobel Prizes in Literature 150367 2025-10-03T09:16:29.375305 text/html 147006 2014-03-12T19:46:24 text/html 122404 2025-10-03T09:16:33.742270 application/epub+zip 122975 2025-10-03T09:16:31.090273 application/epub+zip 122975 2025-10-03T09:16:30.041276 application/epub+zip 201740 2025-10-03T09:16:35.734276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193528 2025-10-03T09:16:33.113296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166928 2022-09-03T13:53:53.265647 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142102 2025-10-03T09:16:29.103308 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141938 2014-03-12T19:46:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17999 2025-10-03T09:16:35.855259 application/rdf+xml 9447 2025-10-03T09:16:30.532298 image/jpeg 2738 2025-10-03T09:16:30.282319 image/jpeg 57948 2014-03-12T19:47:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 56930 2014-03-12T19:47:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 119331 2025-10-03T09:16:29.389331 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia