Cedric Watts (1937–2022)
Auteur van Henry V, War Criminal? and Other Shakespeare Puzzles
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Werken van Cedric Watts
Conrad's Heart of darkness: A critical and contextual discussion (International Conrad Studies) (1977) 5 exemplaren
The Lost World & Other Stories 4 exemplaren
The Tempest 2 exemplaren
Shakespeare Puzzles 1 exemplaar
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Heart of Darkness and Other Tales (Oxford World's Classics) (1897) — Redacteur, sommige edities — 1,081 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Watts, Cedric Thomas
- Geboortedatum
- 1937
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2022-05-12
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Opleiding
- University of Cambridge (Pembroke College)
- Beroepen
- Emeritus Professor of English
- Organisaties
- University of Sussex
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- 23
- Ook door
- 15
- Leden
- 268
- Populariteit
- #86,166
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 45
- Talen
- 2
This particular edition collects the Professor Challenger stories written by Conan Doyle. The Lost World is likely the most well-known, and it has been the basis (loosely or otherwise) of other works from Indiana Jones to Crichton's Jurassic Park. If you enjoy those works, you will likely enjoy this book. However, I will say this book is closer in feel and appeal to the works of writes like Jules Verne (for instance, Journey to the Center of the Earth), H.G. Wells, and H. Rider Haggard (King Solomon's Mines). If you enjoy those writers, you will like this book.
The novel is kind of slow in the beginning, so it took me a while to get into it. Once you get into the adventure itself, it moves along like any other adventure yarn. Professor Challenger is quite the obnoxious genius. Brilliant, but not like Sherlock Holmes in terms of personality. This may irritate some readers, but overall, Challenger is a strong character readers will enjoy. I know I did, and I even had a small smile of amusement or two as I read. More irritating to me was the idea of Malone, the reporter, who goes on the expedition with Challenger to impress a woman (and I will not say more of that woman to avoid potential spoilers). I suppose it does show a certain Victorian ideal, of the man going into the wilderness to conquer something and put his name on it, but Conan Doyle could have left her out and the story would have been fine.
So, this is a pretty good book, but it is not a great one. I personally prefer H. Rider Haggard's works for this kind of tale, but this is a good example of the science fiction, or science romance, genre, and thus it is worth reading.… (meer)