Arthur Ransome (1884–1967)
Autor de Vencejos y Amazonas
Sobre El Autor
Children's author Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds, England on January 18, 1884. As a child, he spent many vacations sailing, camping, and exploring the countryside in England's Lake Country. He studied chemistry for one year at Yorkshire College before dropping out to become a writer. He worked mostrar más for a London publisher and then for the Manchester Guardian newspaper. He wrote his first book, Bohemia in London, in 1907 and went to study folklore in Russia in 1913. In 1916, he published Old Peter's Russian Tales, a collection of 21 folktales. During World War I, he became a reporter for the Daily News and covered the war on the Eastern Front. While in Russia, he also covered the Russian Revolution in 1917. He eventually settled in England's Lake District with his second wife. In 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons, which was the first book in his well-know Swallows and Amazons series about children who sail and explore the lakes and mountains of England. He drew inspiration for the books from his own childhood memories. In 1936, he won the Carnegie Medal for children's literature for Pigeon Post. He died on June 3, 1967. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Arthur Ransome
Peter Duck : a treasure hunt in the Caribbees (1932) — Autor; Ilustrador, algunas ediciones — 1,035 copias
Arthur Ransome Collection Vintage Children's Classics 6 Books Bundle (Coot Club, Peter Duck, Pigeon Post, Swallowdale,… (2016) 12 copias
The twilight years 3 copias
Swallows and Amazons Series Collection Series 4 Books (Winter Holiday, Peter Duck, Swallowdale, Swallows and Amazons)… (2018) 3 copias
Highways and byways in fairy land 2 copias
Svalerne på Skatteøen 2 copias
Svalerne som Guldgravere 2 copias
Svalerne på Vinterferie 2 copias
Svalerne og Den mystiske Mand 2 copias
Svalerne og den Sorte Skonnert 2 copias
Svalerne på Fastlandet 2 copias
Svalerne går i Land 2 copias
Svalerne og Piraterne 2 copias
Svalerne på Opdagelse 2 copias
RANSOME ON BLUE WATER SAILING 1 copia
Wyspa krabów 1 copia
Salt 1 copia
Cuentos Rusos Del Abuelo Pedro I 1 copia
Pierre Canné [manuscript] 1 copia
The A.B.C. of physical culture 1 copia
Swallowdale [abridged audiobook] 1 copia
The stone lady 1 copia
[Unknown] 1 copia
Drawn at a venture 1 copia
ATONEMENT, THE 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Sailing alone around the world, and Voyage of the Liberdade (1948) — Introducción, algunas ediciones — 129 copias
Oscar Wilde: Collection of 300 Classic Works with Analysis and Historical Background (2013) — Contribuidor — 12 copias
Stories by Daudet and Coppée — Editor — 3 copias
Then and Now. A Selection of Articles, Stories & Poems, Taken from the First Fifty Numbers of ‘Now & Then’,… (1935) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Stories for girls — Contribuidor — 1 copia
British country life in autumn and winter : the book of the open air (1907) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Ransome, Arthur Michell
- Otros nombres
- Ransome, Arthur M.
Blunt, William (pseudonym|1939-1940) - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1884-01-18
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1967-06-03
- Lugar de sepultura
- Rusland churchyard, England
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Cheadle, Cheshire, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK (birthplace)
London, England, UK
Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK
Hatch, Wiltshire, England, UK
St. Petersburg, Russia
Riga, Latvia (mostrar todos 10)
Ludderburn, Cumbria, England, UK
Levington, Suffolk, England, UK
Nibthwaithe, Lancashire, England, UK
Haverthwaite, Lancashire, England, UK - Educación
- Old College, Windermere
Rugby School
Yorkshire College - Ocupaciones
- journalist
foreign correspondent
literary critic
columnist
sailor
fisherman (mostrar todos 9)
children's author
illustrator
autobiographer - Relaciones
- Ransome, Cyril (father)
Lupton, Joyce (sister)
Lupton, Hugh (great-nephew) - Organizaciones
- Temple Bar Magazine (editor)
Daily News
Manchester Guardian
London Library (1903-)
Garrick Club (member|1943-) - Premios y honores
- DLitt (h.c. ∙ Durham University)
- Biografía breve
- Arthur Ransome used the pseudonym William Blunt as a reviewer of new detective novels for The Observer between 1939 and 1940.
Miembros
Debates
Arthur Ransome en Legacy Libraries (agosto 2013)
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Books About Boys (1)
Ambleside Y3 (1)
4th Grade Books (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
Spirit of Place (4)
Put a Bird On It (3)
Best Sea Stories (2)
Ambleside Books (2)
Elevenses (2)
BBC Big Read (1)
Favorite Series (1)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 101
- También por
- 60
- Miembros
- 16,206
- Popularidad
- #1,403
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 273
- ISBNs
- 457
- Idiomas
- 11
- Favorito
- 48
I grew up with Enid Blyton's books, where a group of young children went on holidays on their own, came across some strange going-ons and had adventures, outwitting some hapless criminal gang. I just loved the sense of freedom of those kids, allowed to organize a holiday on their own, their friendship, the thrill of an adventure without adults. Blyton was already writing in 1930, when this book was published, but she still had not started writing adventure books like the ones I have described. I have no doubt that this book influenced her.
However, despite the similarities the style here is different. Swallows and Amazons is written in more complex language, and it describes a more idyllic childhood holiday. It's really enchanting and timeless.
The story begins with a group of siblings vacationing with their mother, their baby sister and the baby's nurse in a house by a lake. Using a spyglass from a nearby hill, the Walker children watch wistfully a small desert island in the middle of the lake. They have asked their mother for permission to take their boat and camp there on their own, and she has agreed provided their father also gives permission. Shortly afterwards, the father's reply comes by telegram, giving permission in this way: "Better drowned than duffers, if not duffers won't drown."
So the children cheer and start preparing. Twelve-year-old John will be the captain; ten-year-old Susan will be ship's mate; eight-year-old Titty will be able-seaman; and seven-year-old Roger will also be allowed to go as ship's boy, provided he listens to his older siblings. Soon afterwards they are sailing in their small sailboat, the Swallow, towards the island. They establish their camp, and soon afterwards they meet a couple of girls who have their own sailboat, the Amazon. Rivals at first, they start a friendly war. The side that is able to capture the enemy's ship wins, and the winning captain will lead the joint navy in a war against the retired pirate who lives on a houseboat on the lake.
The story is filled with the magic, innocence and the joy of childhood. The children are responsible and self-sufficient in their outdoors adventures, but they live in a world of fantasy and games. They are pirates or explorers, as required, and their fantasy world is more real to them than the world of the adults (whom they call "the natives"). They explore their lake, play, learn and have a great time. Nothing much happens apart from their games, although there is a real burglary, but in their minds they have lived the greatest adventures.
The story is a bit slow to begin with, with some difficult sailing vocabulary, but it soon gets very interesting once the competition between the "swallows" and the "amazons" begins. We watch the children making their plans and being outwitted by the other side, only for the competition being decided by a daring and clever action.
Can be enjoyed by children, if it's not too old-fashioned for them, with the freedom given to children and the absence of smartphones, and by adults, who will remember their childhood with nostalgia.… (más)