Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.
Chargement... Drowsy (1917)par John Ames Mitchell
Aucun Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la série éditoriale
A romantic narrative of a woman and a reckless lover. An unusual lover, to be sure, with a singular inheritance; but very human-and with a full equipment of human faults and virtues. While his achievements may seem to us incredible, the coming generation may regard them as commonplace events. It was Pliny, the elder, who said, "Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time?" So, if this story of Drowsy seems a fairy tale, let us remember that the Atlantic Cable would be a fairy tale to Columbus. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires
Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
Est-ce vous ?Devenez un(e) auteur LibraryThing. |
The first half is a biography of this young boy and is mostly comedy/romance. The boy has a special power but (in what will become a theme) the author ignores this intriguing concept to further the romance elements.
At the half-way point things become even more fragmentary and it turns into a sort of Edisonian adventure tale of inventions and wild journeys... none of which we get to experience firsthand :/ .
Its amazing how adept the author is at avoiding the most obviously interesting parts of his own plot.
Ultimately its a fairly charming read which is hard to hate and which in a world of infinite books i could recommend to absolutely no one :) .
Made available by the Merril Collection. ( )