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Bezig met laden... The Grand Babylon Hotel (1902)door Arnold Bennett
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![]() Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. ![]() Romp of a thriller dashed off in serial form, such that each short chapter ends in suspense or revelation. Brisk, melodramatic adventures whirl us around 1890s London’s high society and some low: magnates, aristocrats, plotters and proteans. With the simple characterisations and contrived plotting of a Tintin comic, this lacks any interiority or depth, so a marked contrast to Bennet’s denser later work, but is an enjoyable read all the same. Dated, but still enjoyable, early thriller from Arnold Bennett. A headstrong New York millionaire, foiled in getting what he wants for dinner, on a whim buys a great London hotel, and finds that he gets far more than he bargained for, what with European intrigue. Very much of a piece with Oppenheim and the others of that ilk. A few amusing howlers by Bennett are in the book (he ascribes luxury in New York City to 8th Avenue, of all places, and describes West Orange as being in "New Jersey, New York"). A whole lot of caricatures, but really, that is very much the whole spirit of the thing. Just sit back with the popcorn. Sans intérêt. On m’annonce une pièce de théâtre par un des maîtres du non-sense anglo-saxon. Je n’ai vu ni humour anglais (même si la pièce se veut légère), ni non-sense (même si l’intrigue est tellement cousue de fil blanc qu’elle en devient ridicule). Il y a peut-être du second degré que je n’ai pas vu, de la dérision que je n’ai pas perçue, en tout cas il n’y a rien qui n’ait retenu mon attention. Cette comédie est passée sur moi sans laisser de trace, comme si elle n’existait pas. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Classic Literature.
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HTML: Arnold Bennett's The Grand Babylon Hotel, from 1902, tells the story of a German prince mysteriously disappearing. American millionaire Theodore Racksole and his daughter Nella stay at the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel. When Nella is denied her dinner order of steak and Bass beer, Racksole's solution is to purchase the entire hotel for exactly four hundred thousand pounds and one guinea, the one guinea added after the former owner decides to haggle. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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![]() GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.912Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:![]()
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