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Chargement... Penelope's Irish Experiences (1901)par Kate Douglas Wiggin
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. "We are behaving precisely like characters in fiction, who, having been popular in the first volume, are exploited again and again until their popularity wanes." Er, yes. The section of chapter one that contains that sentence is one of my favourite parts of the book. The second two books are wordier and more rhapsodic than the first, containing more folklore and history and less of Penelope and her friends. While there is some sympathy shown for the poverty of the ordinary people of Ireland, they are fairly often shown in a negative light. Despite this, in all of the books Wiggin is at her best in the chapters when she goes around a village, describing each of the neighbours. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"Ballyragget, Ballysadare, Ballybrophy, Ballinasloe, Ballyhooley, Ballycumber, Ballyduff, Ballynashee, Ballywhack. Don't they all sound jolly and grotesque?"These places in Ireland may sound that way to Francesca. But not to Penelope You remember, Penelope, don't you? She's the delightful Kate Douglas Wiggin heroine of Penelope English Experiences and Penelope's Experiences in Scotland.But where or not you've read those books, (and really, you should ) you simply must read Penelope's Irish Experiences.After plenty of wistful tea and scones in Scotland, Penelope and her friends Francesca and Salemina boat over to Ireland, faintly fearful it won't be Irish enough No worries.From thoughts on the differences in Fairies in Ireland and Scotland to a the lack of poetry in the Irish diet, Penelope's observations make a true feast, with flashes of verbal jigs and reels.Oh yes . . . and then in comes the remarkable Miss Benella Dusenberry from New England, to join the fun and frolic Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.49Literature English (North America) American fiction Later 19th Century 1861-1900 Minor novelistsClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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