Charles James Lever (1806–1872)
Autor de Harry Lorrequer
Sobre El Autor
Obras de Charles James Lever
Irish Literature 12 copias
Con Cregan 7 copias
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 1): Harry Lorrequer, Tom Burke of "Ours." (with 24 illustrations) (1880) 6 copias
Tom Burke, part II 3 copias
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 2): The Knights of Gwynne, Davenport Dunn (with 30 illustrations) (1881) 3 copias
The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly 2 copias
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 3): Charles O'Malley, Jack Hinton (with 26 illustrations) (1881) 2 copias
Jack Hinton, the guardsman Volume II 2 copias
Harry Lorrequer Volume I 2 copias
The knight of Gwynne, part II 2 copias
Con O'Kelly 2 copias
Harry Lorrequer Volume II 2 copias
The knight of Gwynne, part I 2 copias
Sir Jasper Carew 2 copias
Martins of Cro' Martin Vol. II 2 copias
Jack Hinton, the guardsman Volume 1 2 copias
The Fortunes of Glencore Vol. II 1 copia
Paul Gossletts confessions 1 copia
The Daltons Vol. II 1 copia
Con Cregan's Legacy 1 copia
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II 1 copia
Roland Cashel Vol. I 1 copia
The Dodd Family Abroad Vol II 1 copia
Barrinton Vol. I 1 copia
Luttrell of Arran Vol. I 1 copia
Martins of Cro' Martin Vol. I 1 copia
The Daltons Vol. I 1 copia
The Dodd Family Abroad Vol. I 1 copia
One of Them Vol. II 1 copia
Sire Brook Fossbroke Vol. I 1 copia
Davenport Dunn Vol. I 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1806-08-31
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1872-06-01
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Irish
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Trieste, Italy
- Educación
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA, MA, LLD)
Louvain University (MD) - Ocupaciones
- physician
magazine editor
consul general
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 86
- También por
- 7
- Miembros
- 330
- Popularidad
- #71,937
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 94
How has it aged? In a word, fair. If you were to update the scenes to the present day it would likely make for a popular movie - one man's search for love (and money) gallivanting through Europe derailed by numerous distractions upon his journey.
It's quite a rambling novel, presented as a memoir of an English military officer on detachment to Ireland, the plot is quite flimsy, basically a stream of events with a meandering course and not a great deal of direction. It didn't really contain much in the way of description of how things were back in the day in terms of the functioning of civilisation, although there are a few pistol duels and numerous presentations of the horse and carriage.
Overall, it was fair a little cumbersome at times, but interesting in others. It has quite small and closely spaced font so the 344 pages is more like 700 if it were to use a modern typeface, margins and spacing.… (más)