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Opere di Harry Collingwood

A Pirate of the Caribbees (1898) 15 copie
Overdue (1911) 7 copie
For Treasure Bound (1897) 6 copie
Through Veld and Forest (2008) 4 copie
Turned Adrift (2008) 4 copie
In Search of El Dorado (2008) 3 copie
The Voyage of the Aurora (2012) 3 copie
The Missing Merchantman (2012) 2 copie
The Castaways (2012) 2 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Collingwood, Harry
Nome legale
Lancaster, William Joseph Cosens
Data di nascita
1843-05-23
Data di morte
1922-06-10
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
UK
Luogo di nascita
Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK
Luogo di morte
Chester, Cheshire, England, UK

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This "boy's own" style story of the sea was the first published story (1878) of this little known writer, whose name is a pseudonym of one of Nelson's fellow Admirals, Cuthbert Collingwood. It is a simple tale of a dying man rescued from the sea providing a secret to some buried treasure; then a hunt for that treasure by the hero of our story (also called Harry Collingwood) and his associate Bob Trunnion, in the course of which they fight off sharks, sea monsters, pirates and island natives, rescue a damsel in distress, find the hero's lost father and eventually find the buried treasure. It's an undemanding tale but a little too frequently makes the mistake of telling the story, rather than showing it through the actions and words of the characters. Our hero is almost superhuman, and at one point acquires 17 wounds, including in the neck and most of his limbs and has an artery severed, but still manages to recover from his wounds. Quite good fun, though.… (altro)
 
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john257hopper | Jul 10, 2023 |
eher 3 1/2 Punkte als runde 4, aber nichts desto trotz ein gutes Buch für jeden, der ein ordentlich gesponnenes Seemannsgarn liebt.

Ich habe es direkt nach Stevensons "Schatzinsel" gelesen, und natürlich merkt man den Unterschied zwischen einem Großliteraten (der es vielleicht nicht ganz so mit der Nautik hatte) und einem schriftstellernden Ingenieur, dessen Charakterstudien vielleicht etwas hölzern daher kommen, dessen Nautik aber erste Sahne ist.

Was den Leser erwartet: eine Schatzinsel im Pazifik, Meuterei, Schiffbruch und Piraten; ein Segeltörn um Kap Hoorn in einer selbstentworfenen Yacht nach dem (damals) neusten Stand der Technik, ehrenwerte Engländer, schurkige Schurken und eine damsel in distress.

Wer also keine Probleme mit etwas angestaubten Rollenbildern und Moralvorstellungen hat und auch bei gelegentlichem Fallen des N-Wortes keine Schnappatmung bekommt, kann sich dieses gut abgehangene Exemplar der Gattung "klassische Segel- und Abenteuerliteratur" ruhig mal geben.
… (altro)
 
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MrKillick-Read | Apr 4, 2021 |

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Statistiche

Opere
43
Utenti
201
Popolarità
#109,507
Voto
2.9
Recensioni
2
ISBN
171

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