C. J. Cutliffe Hyne (1866–1944)
Auteur de Atlantides, les îles englouties
A propos de l'auteur
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (1866-1944) was a popular novelist, author of the "Captain Kettle" adventures
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Séries
Œuvres de C. J. Cutliffe Hyne
Prince Rupert the Buccaneer : His Adventures, Set to Paper By Mary Laughan, a Maid, Who Through Affection Followed Him… (1900) 3 exemplaires
Illustrated Battles of the Napoleonic Age-Volume 1: Marengo, Copenhagen, Egypt, Janissary Rebellion, Laswaree & Assaye,… (2014) 3 exemplaires
More adventures of Captain Kettle, Captain Kettle, K.C.B 3 exemplaires
Ben Watson 2 exemplaires
The Rev. Captain Kettle 2 exemplaires
The Lizard 2 exemplaires
Mr Horrocks, Purser 2 exemplaires
Kate Meredith, financier 2 exemplaires
Thompson's Progress 2 exemplaires
The Escape 1 exemplaire
Fortunes Adrift 1 exemplaire
The Pearl-Poachers 1 exemplaire
The Liner and the Iceberg 1 exemplaire
The Wreck of the Cattle-Boat 1 exemplaire
The Raiding of Donna Clotilde 1 exemplaire
Mr. Gedge's Catspaw 1 exemplaire
The Salving of the Duncansby Head 1 exemplaire
The War-Steamer of Donna Clotilde 1 exemplaire
In Quarantine 1 exemplaire
The Little Wooden God with the Eyes 1 exemplaire
The Inventor of Meltite 1 exemplaire
The Foundered Galleon 1 exemplaire
Captain Kettle 1 exemplaire
The Pilgrim Ship 1 exemplaire
Crown and Garotte 1 exemplaire
The Adventures of Captain Kettle, and Other Stories : 9 Works, The Lost Continent, The Escape Agents, A Master of… (2012) 1 exemplaire
Abbs: His Story Through Many Ages 1 exemplaire
The captured cruiser, or : two years from land 1 exemplaire
The mystery of a bungalow, by Weatherby Chesney 1 exemplaire
Beneath your very Boots, being a few ... episodes from the life of A. M. Haltoun, Esq. Transcribed by C. J. H. A novel.… (1889) 1 exemplaire
The Guns for Cuba 1 exemplaire
The Adventures of Captain Kettle 1 exemplaire
London's Danger 1 exemplaire
For Britain's Soldiers 1 exemplaire
Sandy Carmichael 1 exemplaire
The Tragedy of a Third Smoker 1 exemplaire
The Escape Agents 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Victorian Tales of Mystery and Detection: An Oxford Anthology (1991) — Contributeur — 173 exemplaires
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (1981) — Contributeur — 136 exemplaires
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian Detective Tales (2008) — Contributeur — 107 exemplaires
The Mammoth Book of Men O'War: Stories from the Glory Days of Sail (1999) — Contributeur — 91 exemplaires
Science fiction by the rivals of H.G. Wells: Thirty stories and a complete novel (1979) — Contributeur — 63 exemplaires
The End of the World: and Other Catastrophes (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Contributeur — 27 exemplaires
Out of the Sand: Mummies, Pyramids, and Egyptology in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
Sauria Monstra: Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, and Other Fossil Saurians in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2009) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Chesney, Weatherby
- Date de naissance
- 1866
- Date de décès
- 1944
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
Membres
Critiques
The Adventures of Captain Kettle par Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
A series of short stories featuring a sea captain forced to take work where he can. He's always successful but somehow never wins. In tone this is a bit like the Indiana Jones movies in terms of violence to humor ratio.
A wild romp with a flawless (read: Gary-Stuish) hero is this classic Atlantis-story, but considering its age of more than 100 years, a lot of flaws may be forgiven. And the 1st person narrator Deucalion does have a lot of charme, I must admit.
Unsatisfactory: the magical plotholes. Magic can level a city and drown a continent, but is not able to destroy a siege tower? Pretty useless.
Also: the romance. I don't believe that a mad, immortal and fateful passion for a woman that develops over a span of a few hours suddenly becomes the only force and motivation of action for a character like Deucalion. That'd be pretty pathetic, especially as the lady in question is "dead" for the majority of the story (and doesn't do much more than a corpse even when she's not). That's even more astonishing as Hyne is able to write interesting women characters - the main villain is charming, clever, gifted and ruthless.
All in all a very fun read. And "Son of a European" shall be my favourite insult from now on.… (plus d'informations)
Unsatisfactory: the magical plotholes. Magic can level a city and drown a continent, but is not able to destroy a siege tower? Pretty useless.
Also: the romance. I don't believe that a mad, immortal and fateful passion for a woman that develops over a span of a few hours suddenly becomes the only force and motivation of action for a character like Deucalion. That'd be pretty pathetic, especially as the lady in question is "dead" for the majority of the story (and doesn't do much more than a corpse even when she's not). That's even more astonishing as Hyne is able to write interesting women characters - the main villain is charming, clever, gifted and ruthless.
All in all a very fun read. And "Son of a European" shall be my favourite insult from now on.… (plus d'informations)
Amazing literature, impressive writing style.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 55
- Aussi par
- 21
- Membres
- 357
- Popularité
- #67,136
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 12
- ISBN
- 49
- Langues
- 3