Charles James Lever (1806–1872)
Auteur van Harry Lorrequer
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Werken van Charles James Lever
Irish Literature 12 exemplaren
Con Cregan 7 exemplaren
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 1): Harry Lorrequer, Tom Burke of "Ours." (with 24 illustrations) (1880) 6 exemplaren
Diary and notes of Horace Templeton, Esq, late secretary of legation at - (Collection of British authors) 4 exemplaren
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 2): The Knights of Gwynne, Davenport Dunn (with 30 illustrations) (1881) 3 exemplaren
Tom Burke, part II 3 exemplaren
The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly 2 exemplaren
Con O'Kelly 2 exemplaren
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 3): Charles O'Malley, Jack Hinton (with 26 illustrations) (1881) 2 exemplaren
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 5): Luttrell of Arran, Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly (with illustrations) 2 exemplaren
Jack Hinton, the guardsman Volume II 2 exemplaren
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 4): The Dodd Family Abroad, The Confessions of Con Cregan (with illustrations) 2 exemplaren
The knight of Gwynne, part I 2 exemplaren
The knight of Gwynne, part II 2 exemplaren
Sir Jasper Carew 2 exemplaren
Martins of Cro' Martin Vol. II 2 exemplaren
Harry Lorrequer Volume II 2 exemplaren
Harry Lorrequer Volume I 2 exemplaren
Jack Hinton, the guardsman Volume 1 2 exemplaren
De avonturen van Algernon Sydney Potts 1 exemplaar
The Fortunes of Glencore Vol. II 1 exemplaar
Maurice Tiernay: Soldier of Fortune 1 exemplaar
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day 1 exemplaar
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II 1 exemplaar
Sire Brook Fossbroke Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Barrinton Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Roland Cashel Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Luttrell of Arran Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Martins of Cro' Martin Vol. I 1 exemplaar
The Daltons Vol. I 1 exemplaar
The Dodd Family Abroad Vol. I 1 exemplaar
One of Them Vol. II 1 exemplaar
The Daltons Vol. II 1 exemplaar
Con Cregan's Legacy 1 exemplaar
The Works of Charles Lever - Vol. II 1 exemplaar
The Dodd Family Abroad Vol II 1 exemplaar
Paul Gossletts confessions 1 exemplaar
Davenport Dunn Vol. I 1 exemplaar
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- Geboortedatum
- 1806-08-31
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1872-06-01
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Irish
- Geboorteplaats
- Dublin, Ireland
- Plaats van overlijden
- Trieste, Italy
- Opleiding
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA, MA, LLD)
Louvain University (MD) - Beroepen
- physician
magazine editor
consul general
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- Werken
- 85
- Ook door
- 7
- Leden
- 328
- Populariteit
- #72,311
- Waardering
- 3.4
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 94
How has it aged? In a word, fair. If you were to update the scenes to the present day it would likely make for a popular movie - one man's search for love (and money) gallivanting through Europe derailed by numerous distractions upon his journey.
It's quite a rambling novel, presented as a memoir of an English military officer on detachment to Ireland, the plot is quite flimsy, basically a stream of events with a meandering course and not a great deal of direction. It didn't really contain much in the way of description of how things were back in the day in terms of the functioning of civilisation, although there are a few pistol duels and numerous presentations of the horse and carriage.
Overall, it was fair a little cumbersome at times, but interesting in others. It has quite small and closely spaced font so the 344 pages is more like 700 if it were to use a modern typeface, margins and spacing.… (meer)