Moonfleet - Brossura

Falkner, J. Meade; Alderson, Brian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0192826174 ISBN 13: 9780192826176

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1993

Riassunto

Moonfleet (1898) begins as a mystery and an adventure story, a tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves, and downs of Dorset. What will be the outcome of the conflict between smugglers and revenue men? How can the hero, John Trenchard, discover the secret of Colonel John Mohune's treasure? As the book progresses these two interwoven themes resolve themselves into a third and richer one, with the friendship and suffering of both John Trenchard and the craggy, taciturn Elzevir Block.
The novel is at once a well-paced account of dramatic action and a celebration of the unregainable freedoms of childhood, when, as Falkner's sister wrote in a memoir, 'there are no seasons, everything happens all the year round'. Falkner's feeling for history and for the landscape of his Dorset setting combine with his gift for storytelling to turn Moonfleet into a historical romance of moving intensity.

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Book by Falkner John Meade

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0192826174
• ISBN 13: 9780192826176
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 300