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Bezig met laden... Captains Courageous (origineel 1896; editie 2007)door Rudyard Kipling
Informatie over het werkCaptains Courageous door Rudyard Kipling (1896)
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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. Although Captains Courageous is not a particularly complex story, it is nevertheless rife with concepts that serve as a foundation. It reflects the author's moral philosophy as well as his way of thinking about life. The relatively short novel focuses on 15-year-old Harvey Cheyne, the sole child of an American business magnate, as he grows up. Harvey, a once-pampered youth, learns what the American dream is via his interactions with unspoiled nature, hard work, and common guys, and he prepares himself to achieve it. The book illustrates enduring American values while being on one level a sea adventure with a joyful ending. Harvey gains respect for hard effort, honesty, and social equality via his exploits. He also develops a sense of adventure, self-reliance, and pride in a task well done. As a result, he is ready to participate in the developing American drama. This is a great work to read as a young boy, but also warrants rereading when you are no longer quite so young. It bears the telltale signs of the great novelist who would go on to write Kim. one of my favorites. With the exception of the ubiquitous "Rikki-tikki-tavi," I think this is the first Kipling story I've read. I liked it a great deal. The plot concerns a spoiled rich kid who ends up on a fishing boat and learns the values of hard work. There's little of the philosophical baggage that weighed down London in The Sea Wolf; Kipling's only "message" is the promotion of an antediluvian vision of manly self-sufficiency, which is all par for the course in this genre. The story is brisk and the characters are cheerful but my favorite part of the novel was the actual writing. Kipling's images are crisp and his words are a pleasure to say out loud. It's been too long since I read a book written with such a muscular joy in adverbs. Harvey Cheyne -hijo de un multimillonario- viaja con su madre en un lujoso transatlántico hacia Europa para recibir una refinada educación. En la travesía cae al mar y es recogido por una goleta que se dirige a los bancos de bacalao. Al cabo de tres meses de duro trabajo en el barco, de niño egoísta y consentido pasa a ser un buen compañero y un curtido pescador. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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After being washed overboard from an ocean liner, fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne, spoiled son of a millionaire, is rescued by New England fishermen who put him to work on their boat. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.8Literature English English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Solid bildungsroman, although the action flags a little during the long months at sea, where the readers may also find themselves a bit lost among the sailors' jargon. It's a matter of absorbing the atmosphere and culture of the fishing boat, and see how Harvey finds his place among them. ( )