Arthur Ransome (1884–1967)
Autore di Swallows and Amazons
Sull'Autore
Children's author Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds, England on January 18, 1884. As a child, he spent many vacations sailing, camping, and exploring the countryside in England's Lake Country. He studied chemistry for one year at Yorkshire College before dropping out to become a writer. He worked mostra altro for a London publisher and then for the Manchester Guardian newspaper. He wrote his first book, Bohemia in London, in 1907 and went to study folklore in Russia in 1913. In 1916, he published Old Peter's Russian Tales, a collection of 21 folktales. During World War I, he became a reporter for the Daily News and covered the war on the Eastern Front. While in Russia, he also covered the Russian Revolution in 1917. He eventually settled in England's Lake District with his second wife. In 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons, which was the first book in his well-know Swallows and Amazons series about children who sail and explore the lakes and mountains of England. He drew inspiration for the books from his own childhood memories. In 1936, he won the Carnegie Medal for children's literature for Pigeon Post. He died on June 3, 1967. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Arthur Ransome
Peter Duck : a treasure hunt in the Caribbees (1932) — Autore; Illustratore, alcune edizioni — 1,028 copie
Arthur Ransome Collection Vintage Children's Classics 6 Books Bundle (Coot Club, Peter Duck, Pigeon Post, Swallowdale,… (2016) 11 copie
The twilight years 3 copie
Swallows and Amazons Series Collection Series 4 Books (Winter Holiday, Peter Duck, Swallowdale, Swallows and Amazons)… (2018) 3 copie
Svalerne som Guldgravere 2 copie
Svalerne og Den mystiske Mand 2 copie
Svalerne og den Sorte Skonnert 2 copie
Svalerne på Vinterferie 2 copie
Svalerne på Skatteøen 2 copie
Svalerne på Fastlandet 2 copie
Svalerne går i Land 2 copie
Svalerne og Piraterne 2 copie
Svalerne på Opdagelse 2 copie
Salt 1 copia
Wyspa krabów 1 copia
RANSOME ON BLUE WATER SAILING 1 copia
Pierre Canné [manuscript] 1 copia
Cuentos Rusos Del Abuelo Pedro I 1 copia
The A.B.C. of physical culture 1 copia
Swallowdale [abridged audiobook] 1 copia
The stone lady 1 copia
[Unknown] 1 copia
Drawn at a venture 1 copia
ATONEMENT, THE 1 copia
Opere correlate
Solo, intorno al mondo: e, Viaggio della liberdade (1948) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 120 copie
Oscar Wilde: Collection of 300 Classic Works with Analysis and Historical Background (2013) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
Stories by Daudet and Coppée — A cura di — 3 copie
Then and Now. A Selection of Articles, Stories & Poems, Taken from the First Fifty Numbers of ‘Now & Then’,… (1935) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Stories for girls — Collaboratore — 1 copia
British country life in autumn and winter : the book of the open air (1907) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Ransome, Arthur Michell
- Altri nomi
- Ransome, Arthur M.
Blunt, William (pseudonym|1939-1940) - Data di nascita
- 1884-01-18
- Data di morte
- 1967-06-03
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Rusland churchyard, England
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Cheadle, Cheshire, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK (birthplace)
London, England, UK
Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK
Hatch, Wiltshire, England, UK
St. Petersburg, Russia
Riga, Latvia (mostra tutto 10)
Ludderburn, Cumbria, England, UK
Levington, Suffolk, England, UK
Nibthwaithe, Lancashire, England, UK
Haverthwaite, Lancashire, England, UK - Istruzione
- Old College, Windermere
Rugby School
Yorkshire College - Attività lavorative
- journalist
foreign correspondent
literary critic
columnist
sailor
fisherman (mostra tutto 9)
children's author
illustrator
autobiographer - Relazioni
- Ransome, Cyril (father)
Lupton, Joyce (sister)
Lupton, Hugh (great-nephew) - Organizzazioni
- Temple Bar Magazine (editor)
Daily News
Manchester Guardian
London Library (1903-)
Garrick Club (member|1943-) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- DLitt (h.c. ∙ Durham University)
- Breve biografia
- Arthur Ransome used the pseudonym William Blunt as a reviewer of new detective novels for The Observer between 1939 and 1940.
Utenti
Discussioni
Arthur Ransome in Legacy Libraries (Agosto 2013)
Recensioni
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1930s (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
Spirit of Place (4)
Put a Bird On It (3)
Best Sea Stories (2)
Ambleside Books (2)
Elevenses (2)
BBC Big Read (1)
Favorite Series (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 100
- Opere correlate
- 60
- Utenti
- 16,057
- Popolarità
- #1,413
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 272
- ISBN
- 457
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 48
The children have gathered in Lowestoft to join Captain Flint (Nancy and Peggy's uncle) on the schooner Wild Cat. They meet a crusty old salt named Peter Duck who volunteers to fill in for the other adult who is delayed and can't join them. Peter tells them a yarn about being shipwrecked as a ship's boy and seeing pirates bury treasure at the foot of a palm tree. Excited by the prospect of real buried treasure, Captain Flint and the Swallows and Amazons crew are off for the Caribbees, trailed by the notorious pirate Black Jake and The Viper. Adventures abound and once more the children must rely on their wits and each other as they sail across the Atlantic.
Although the middle of the book dragged a bit, the action in the last third is nonstop excitement. I look forward to returning to England and the adventures of the Swallows and Amazon in a more realistic setting.… (altro)