J. D. Beresford (1873–1947)
Auteur de The Wonder
A propos de l'auteur
J. D. Beresford (1873-1947), a noted British writer of speculative fiction, wrote such novels as "What Dreams May Come ...," The Riddle of the Tower, and Goslings. Jack L. Chalker is the author of the classic novels Midnight at the Well of Souls and Web of the Chozen and the popular Rings of the afficher plus Master and Dancing Gods series. afficher moins
Œuvres de J. D. Beresford
Revolution; a story of the near future in England 4 exemplaires
A candidate for truth 4 exemplaires
The Misanthrope — Auteur — 3 exemplaires
The Invisible Event 3 exemplaires
The Monkey Puzzle 3 exemplaires
All or Nothing 2 exemplaires
Librivox Ghost Story Collection 005 2 exemplaires
An innocent criminal 2 exemplaires
The instrument of destiny : a detective story 2 exemplaires
The Tapestry 2 exemplaires
The meeting place and other stories 2 exemplaires
Love's Pilgrim 2 exemplaires
Powers of the Air [short story] 2 exemplaires
An Imperfect Mother 2 exemplaires
That kind of man 2 exemplaires
Unity 2 exemplaires
Signs & wonders 1 exemplaire
Cut-Throat Farm [short fiction] 1 exemplaire
The Psychical Researcher's Tale - The Sceptical Poltergeist - From "The New Decameron", Volume III. (2010) 1 exemplaire
W.E. Ford: A Biography 1 exemplaire
These Lynnekers 1 exemplaire
A World of Women (MIT Press / Radium Age) 1 exemplaire
Goslings: A World of Women 1 exemplaire
The Riddle of the Tower 1 exemplaire
On a huge hill 1 exemplaire
House-Mates 1 exemplaire
Seven, Bobsworth 1 exemplaire
What Dreams May Come 1 exemplaire
The imperturbable duchess, and other stories 1 exemplaire
The decoy 1 exemplaire
Love's illusion 1 exemplaire
The inheritor 1 exemplaire
What I Believe 1 exemplaire
Peckover 1 exemplaire
Blackthorn winter : and other stories 1 exemplaire
The unfinished road : a novel 1 exemplaire
Snell's folly 1 exemplaire
Strange rival 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Beresford, John Davys
- Date de naissance
- 1873-03-17
- Date de décès
- 1947-02-01
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Castor, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Porthcothan, Cornwall, England, UK - Études
- Oundle School
- Professions
- architect
journalist
writer - Relations
- Beresford, Elisabeth (daughter)
Brandel, Marc (son)
Robertson, Max (son-in-law)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 59
- Aussi par
- 29
- Membres
- 266
- Popularité
- #86,736
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 52
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 1
Set in England, the story generally follows the Gosling family, along with a man named Thrale, who had boarded with them in the past. The Goslings are the sort of striving middle class family that worries about what the neighbors think, but has little view of the world outside the narrow confines of their tidy town house in a pleasant suburb.
I found the most enjoyable part of the book began in the second half, after the Gosling women are forced to leave London, late comers to the great emigration of starving female citizens. The two young Gosling daughters suddenly develop real characters as they escape the confines of their house on Wisteria Lane. This long journey, described in exquisite geographic detail, eventually takes them to one of the rural areas just outside London. There, they find a strong community of organised woman, and their old boarder Thrale, immune to the plague.
The book, although it explores the ideas of ideal female society, is still bound by conventions of the period in which it is written. Men are desired because they can run machinery, kill animals, and perform deeds of bravery that women wouldn't contemplate. But the women of the Marlow community shed their vanity and petty facades, expanding to become pragmatic, cohesive survivors.
The final third of the novel leaves behind the Gosling girls, who have completed their growth and found their potential at Marlow. Instead, we follow Thrale, who has his own growth from a prude into a man who can love freely.
The novel ends with hope, as Thrale envisions the new world he will create, without the old habits of the previous age. Here is the authors Utopian vision, a world built on communities of hard working women and men working with nature.
Overall, the way the novel was written made it less enjoyable to follow than a more conventional plot driven plague story. The moral lectures and strong opinions of the author seeped out in most of the scenes, and although I enjoyed the characters, often I was left wanting more exploration of the outcomes,and instead, received half a story before the focus of the author shifted.… (plus d'informations)