Charles James Lever (1806–1872)
Autore di Harry Lorrequer
Sull'Autore
Opere di Charles James Lever
Irish Literature 12 copie
Con Cregan 7 copie
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 1): Harry Lorrequer, Tom Burke of "Ours." (with 24 illustrations) (1880) 6 copie
Tom Burke, part II 3 copie
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 2): The Knights of Gwynne, Davenport Dunn (with 30 illustrations) (1881) 3 copie
The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly 2 copie
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 3): Charles O'Malley, Jack Hinton (with 26 illustrations) (1881) 2 copie
Harry Lorrequer Volume I 2 copie
The knight of Gwynne, part I 2 copie
Con O'Kelly 2 copie
Harry Lorrequer Volume II 2 copie
The knight of Gwynne, part II 2 copie
Sir Jasper Carew 2 copie
Martins of Cro' Martin Vol. II 2 copie
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
Arthur O'Leary 1 copia
Roland Cashel Vol. I 1 copia
The Dodd Family Abroad Vol II 1 copia
Davenport Dunn 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
Barrinton Vol. I 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1806-08-31
- Data di morte
- 1872-06-01
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Irish
- Luogo di nascita
- Dublin, Ireland
- Luogo di morte
- Trieste, Italy
- Istruzione
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA, MA, LLD)
Louvain University (MD) - Attività lavorative
- physician
magazine editor
consul general
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 87
- Opere correlate
- 7
- Utenti
- 331
- Popolarità
- #71,753
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 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.… (altro)