Jane Porter (2) (1776–1850)
Auteur de The Scottish Chiefs
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Jane Porter, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
Œuvres de Jane Porter
Sir Edward Seaward's narrative of his shipwreck, and consequent discovery of certain islands in the Caribbean Sea: With (1971) 6 exemplaires
The two princes of Persia : addressed to youth 1 exemplaire
Duke Christian of Luneburg, or Tradition from the Hartz, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) (2017) 1 exemplaire
Complete Works of Jane Porter 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1776-01-17
- Date de décès
- 1850-05-24
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Durham, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Bristol, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
London, England, UK - Professions
- historical novelist
playwright - Relations
- Porter, Anna Maria (sister)
Davenport, Selina (friend)
Scott, Sir Walter (friend) - Courte biographie
- Jane Porter and her younger sister Anna Maria were born in Durham, England, the daughters of William Porter, an Irish army surgeon who died when they were young children. Their mother Jane moved the family, which also included three brothers, to Edinburgh, Scotland, where they befriended Sir Walter Scott, then a university student. The family moved in the 1790s to London, where Jane and Anna Maria were part of a circle of literary women that included Hannah More, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, and Elizabeth Inchbald. Jane wrote two highly popular historical novels, Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) and The Scottish Chiefs (1810), as well as many other successful works, some co-authored with her sister. She also wrote articles for periodicals and a play. See the biography Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, by Prof. Devoney Looser (2022).
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Just grazed this one. But the flavor is apparent from the first few chapters. "Marion and Death!"
"I mean not to offend you, noble lady," continued he; "had I a wife lovely as yourself, and I in like circumstances, I hope in the like manner would defend my life and honor. I knew not the particulars of the affair in which Arthur Heselrigge fell, till I heard it from your lips. I can easily credit them, for I know his unmanly character. Wallace is a Scot, and acted in Scotland as Gilbert Hambledon would have done in England, were it possible for any vile foreigner to there put his foot upon the neck of a countryman of mine"… (plus d'informations)
"I mean not to offend you, noble lady," continued he; "had I a wife lovely as yourself, and I in like circumstances, I hope in the like manner would defend my life and honor. I knew not the particulars of the affair in which Arthur Heselrigge fell, till I heard it from your lips. I can easily credit them, for I know his unmanly character. Wallace is a Scot, and acted in Scotland as Gilbert Hambledon would have done in England, were it possible for any vile foreigner to there put his foot upon the neck of a countryman of mine"… (plus d'informations)
A man is shipwrecked on a desert island completely alone except for his loving wife, dog, couple of goats and an assortment of chickens and ducks . With nothing to rely on but his wits, assorted firearms, tools, utensils, furniture, clothes and few tons of precut timber :P .
This is a hard one to rate, if rated in a void its a decent 3 stars but i've deducted 1 due to large number of similar books.
There's a lot of god-bothering in this but its not too annoying as our hero's are so simple. For a shipwreck story its also remarkably uneventful. After awhile it becomes almost a utopian fiction, or rather its like reading someone's gaming blog where they describe playing Civilization or Age of Empires or similar fare. As this colony is built up, crops made, wood cut, research done, weapons bought, soldiers recruited, ships built etc. etc.
It becomes really bogged down in numbers too, there's a surprising amount of accounts and stock keeping detail which seems pretty superfluous.
Things do pick up again towards the end with some political commentary. Overall, i'm not really sure what the point of this book was, it's hard to classify it as a highseas adventure. In any case while it was an easy read and not boring it doesn't really have much to recommend it over other castaway stories. Not bad though on its own merits.
Note: I was very puzzled by mention of the Queen of England in 1735, when no King is mentioned. I eventually worked out this is Caroline of Ansbach, queen to George II. So there is a king at this time but he's not mentioned because he was often out of the country and Caroline was the brains of the operation and very politically influential which becomes apparent in this story.… (plus d'informations)
This is a hard one to rate, if rated in a void its a decent 3 stars but i've deducted 1 due to large number of similar books.
There's a lot of god-bothering in this but its not too annoying as our hero's are so simple. For a shipwreck story its also remarkably uneventful. After awhile it becomes almost a utopian fiction, or rather its like reading someone's gaming blog where they describe playing Civilization or Age of Empires or similar fare. As this colony is built up, crops made, wood cut, research done, weapons bought, soldiers recruited, ships built etc. etc.
It becomes really bogged down in numbers too, there's a surprising amount of accounts and stock keeping detail which seems pretty superfluous.
Things do pick up again towards the end with some political commentary. Overall, i'm not really sure what the point of this book was, it's hard to classify it as a highseas adventure. In any case while it was an easy read and not boring it doesn't really have much to recommend it over other castaway stories. Not bad though on its own merits.
Note: I was very puzzled by mention of the Queen of England in 1735, when no King is mentioned. I eventually worked out this is Caroline of Ansbach, queen to George II. So there is a king at this time but he's not mentioned because he was often out of the country and Caroline was the brains of the operation and very politically influential which becomes apparent in this story.… (plus d'informations)
I liked this book. Which is one reason I was disappointed in Braveheart. The movie is a pale shadow of the story here. :)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Membres
- 900
- Popularité
- #28,477
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 558
- Langues
- 7
However, that someday might be a long time from now because I did not enjoy this anywhere near as much as I wanted to. I got lost in the haze of names at times and the basic plot seemed to be Wallace saves the day with great battle, awful Scottish Lords plot against him, repeat and repeat. There was also a strong streak of what felt like 19th century Christianity that seemed very out of place. I wanted adventure and I mostly got overwrought melodrama. So much just didn't make much sense. Lady Mar was a fairly impressive villian but it was the same thing each time. I don't know why anyone continued to believe her. She did seem the only human character, everyone was pretty much a plaster saint. So maybe a while before I seek out the complete version.… (plus d'informations)