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Bezig met laden... Sylvie and Bruno (origineel 1889; editie 1988)door Lewis Carroll
Informatie over het werkSylvie and Bruno door Lewis Carroll (1889)
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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. Hmm. Its not that bad. But, its not too good either. At times, for a few sentences, this book is quite funny, but for the most part, its meandering, jump around, and has no continuous theme - except for the way girls and boys should be (which is girls should be quiet and kind and boys should be impish and cute) There are also a few spots where the narrator goes on about morality and Christianity - which is quite tedious. But, as always, there are moments of absolute brilliance. I think this book is about Lewis Carroll and his beliefs. If you are looking for another Alice in Wonderland - this story is not it.
... om den rent språkligt är en skattkista, saknar Carrolls välskakade cocktail egentlig handling. Och häri ligger utmaningen. These two novels by Lewis Carroll differ from his other fiction in a number of ways in addition to having their own indexes. Each of them, for example, is several times as long as either of the Alice books; but more importantly, the Sylvie and Bruno books were written with a moral—something studiously avoided in the Alice books and almost all of Carroll's other fiction written during his adult years.... Sadly, when the Sylvie and Bruno books have been reprinted in those one-volume tomes purporting to be 'The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll', the indexes to Sylvie and Bruno are regularly omitted. The publishers either do not appreciate their importance and novelty, or, more likely, do not wish to incur the expense of adjusting the page references. In at least one of his works, Sylvie and Bruno, Lewis Carroll showed that he had mastered the art of indexing, Victorian style. The first part of the work was published in 1889 by Macmillan in London and had an index whose whimsicality perfectly fitted the equally whimsical text, though it occupied only five of the book's 400 pages. Four years later, there appeared Sylvie and Bruno concluded, and this time, Carroll provided it with a 'General index' of 21 pages which included most of the entries for volume I as well as entries for volume II. Is opgenomen in
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HTML: Sylvie and Bruno is set in Victorian England and in Fairyland, each setting with their own narrative. The fairytale aspect of the novel is similar to Carroll's Alice stories, but the "real world" narrative is more philosophical. Carroll joins the discussion about modern religion, society and morality. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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In the preface, Carroll talks about how important writing something original was to him. He implies that that means finding a completely new way to write a book. He does not, however, concern himself with finding a SUCCESSFUL new way to write a book. And to be fair, he's up front about that. ( )