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Bezig met laden... The Astonishing History of Troy Town (1888)door Arthur Quiller-Couch
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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. I fell for this book before I had finished reading the dedication page. It seemed to be written in the most beautiful prose I had ever encountered. I was reminded of the opening line of the prologue to L.P. Hartley's The Go-Between: "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there". They certainly write differently there. This novel was published in 1888, and its style would be completely out of fashion now, but I found it moving, and I was overwhelmed with an intense sense of regret that beauty for its own sake is no longer valued, not in art, nor in architecture, nor in writing. I wouldn't have cared what the story was about, I simply wished to keep on reading his words. Although I didn't always feel this way, and there were times when I found the richness of his prose a little cloying. Continued ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Arthur Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer who often published under the pseudonym Q. "Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900" was his most famous work. His stories have a wide range of subjects from Viking tales, satires, historical fiction, romantic adventures, tales of heroic swashbuckling, mystery and crime fiction, and sea-going adventures. The Astonishing History of Troy Town reads like a series of humorous sketches. The Table of Contents includes In which the reader is made acquainted with a state of innocence; and the meaning of the word "cumeelfo," How an admiral took one gentleman for another, and was told the day of the month, Of a blue-jerseyed man that would hoist no more bricks; and a nightcap that had no business to be where it was, Of certain lepers; and two brothers who, being much alike, loved their sister and recommended the use of globes, How an absent-minded man, that hated women, took a house by the waterside and lived therein with one servant, How certain Trojans climbed a wall out of curiosity; and of a charwoman that could give no information, Of a lady that had a musical voice, but used it to deceive, How a crew, that would sail on a washing-day, was shipwrecked: with an advertisement against women, Of a town that would laugh at the great: and how a dull company was cured by an Irish song, Of one excursion and many alarums, Of a Wesleyan minister that would improve upon nature, and thereby trained a rook to good principles, Of deterioration; and a wheelbarrow that contained unexpected things, and more. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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