PortadaGruposCharlasMásPanorama actual
Buscar en el sitio
Este sitio utiliza cookies para ofrecer nuestros servicios, mejorar el rendimiento, análisis y (si no estás registrado) publicidad. Al usar LibraryThing reconoces que has leído y comprendido nuestros términos de servicio y política de privacidad. El uso del sitio y de los servicios está sujeto a estas políticas y términos.

Resultados de Google Books

Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.

She Wore Only White por Dörthe Binkert
Cargando...

She Wore Only White (edición 2012)

por Dörthe Binkert, Lesley Schuldt (Traductor)

MiembrosReseñasPopularidadValoración promediaMenciones
813328,939 (2.98)1
Aboard the S.S. Kroonland, Valentina Meyer, a beautiful, mysterious woman wearing a white evening gown, admits to being a stowaway on the ocean liner headed toward Ellis Island. Now a passenger with a secret and an uncertain future, she becomes the central figure around whom the lives of a small group of first-class passengers revolve. -- cover.… (más)
Miembro:AnnieMod
Título:She Wore Only White
Autores:Dörthe Binkert
Otros autores:Lesley Schuldt (Traductor)
Información:AmazonCrossingEnglish (2012), Kindle Edition, 286 pages
Colecciones:Kindle, Por leer
Valoración:
Etiquetas:to read:kindle, to read

Información de la obra

She Wore Only White por Dörthe Binkert

Ninguno
Cargando...

Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará.

Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.

» Ver también 1 mención

Mostrando 3 de 3
I have to say that I really hated this book. I disliked how the author jumped from person to person describing Valentina, especially since she did not tell us who was giving their account until the end of the passage. This book was very slow moving and seemed to go nowhere. ( )
  JanaRose1 | Jun 25, 2015 |
I have tried so hard to get interested in this, but now I give up. ( )
  picardyrose | Jan 26, 2015 |
A young woman, dressed in a stunning evening gown of white, boards a NYC bound ocean liner in Antwerp and immediately stirs up gossip and speculation. In 1902 when the Kroonland sets sail on a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, Valentina boards at the last moment and throws herself upon the mercy of a senior crewman that she knows. Once the ship has set sail, he brings the young woman to the captain. Valentina admits to being a stowaway and throws herself upon the mercy of the captain. She says that she is running away from her old life and hopes to begin anew in New York. Since she is obviously a lady of quality, she is given a stateroom to stay in and told that she may only have freedom of the ship in the evening due to her lack of otherwise suitable clothing. Along the way she is helped by several others who make her journey tolerable and she also manages to fall in love – even though she is running away from a husband and the recent death of a child.

As we follow Valentina’s journey we meet several noteworthy characters: a sculptor whose work will be displayed at the World’s Fair in St. Louis, a married gentleman who is traveling with his newly pregnant mistress, a young man and his frail sister, the ship’s doctor, and the pompous captain along with Jan, the officer who helped Valentina escape her life. Each of these characters would be worthy of a book of their own as their backstories are full of twists as turns. But as so often happens on board a ship, we are allowed only a cross-section of these stories pertaining to their relationships while at sea.

She Wore Only White is based on a true story and gives us insight into the trials and tribulations of not only the lower classes (steerage) but also of those priviledged first-class travelers. I would have liked a bit more in the way of interaction between the classes. The dialogue felt stilted (translation perhaps from the original book?) and the entire thing was much too introspective for me. There were no disasters like with Titanic, although some of the characters could have done with an ice-berg sized shake-up. ( )
  AuthorMarion | Nov 1, 2014 |
Mostrando 3 de 3
sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Debes iniciar sesión para editar los datos de Conocimiento Común.
Para más ayuda, consulta la página de ayuda de Conocimiento Común.
Título canónico
Título original
Títulos alternativos
Fecha de publicación original
Personas/Personajes
Lugares importantes
Acontecimientos importantes
Películas relacionadas
Epígrafe
Dedicatoria
Primeras palabras
Citas
Últimas palabras
Aviso de desambiguación
Editores de la editorial
Blurbistas
Idioma original
DDC/MDS Canónico
LCC canónico

Referencias a esta obra en fuentes externas.

Wikipedia en inglés

Ninguno

Aboard the S.S. Kroonland, Valentina Meyer, a beautiful, mysterious woman wearing a white evening gown, admits to being a stowaway on the ocean liner headed toward Ellis Island. Now a passenger with a secret and an uncertain future, she becomes the central figure around whom the lives of a small group of first-class passengers revolve. -- cover.

No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca.

Descripción del libro
Resumen Haiku

Debates activos

Ninguno

Cubiertas populares

Enlaces rápidos

Valoración

Promedio: (2.98)
0.5 1
1 2
1.5
2 3
2.5 1
3 8
3.5 3
4 4
4.5
5 2

¿Eres tú?

Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing.

 

Acerca de | Contactar | LibraryThing.com | Privacidad/Condiciones | Ayuda/Preguntas frecuentes | Blog | Tienda | APIs | TinyCat | Bibliotecas heredadas | Primeros reseñadores | Conocimiento común | 203,239,627 libros! | Barra superior: Siempre visible