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Sto caricando le informazioni... Antonina or The Fall of Rome (1850)di Wilkie Collins
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Antigua Roma, 408 d.C.: la joven Antonina tuvo la desgracia de vivir tiempos interesantes: los días en que la poderosa Roma fue abatida por el terror de los godos. This was Wilkie Collins' first novel and it shows. He was trying his hand at a historical romance and he sucks at it. The prose is unbelievably purple, the heroine insufferably noble and obedient, there are two ancient men fanatic about their religion (one Christian, one Pagan), and a Gothic warrior who is instantly smitten by our heroine and gets killed for his pains. Collins' grasp of Roman topography is none too sure, as a quick glance at a map of ancient Rome will tell you. He has no idea of Roman daily life and he gives no sense of time and place: he suddenly finds himself in November, yet Antonina can grow flowers. Events rush by, the description of the siege is entirely unconvincing. It would have been useful to know on which sources he drew for this piece of tosh. ETC nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Classic Literature.
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HTML: Master storyteller Wilkie Collins is known for his tightly plotted novels, which often have plots drawn from historical events. This engrossing romance, set against the backdrop of ancient Rome as it was poised on the brink of collapse, is Collins' first novel and a fitting introduction to his body of work. .Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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