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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Irish R.M. (1928)di E. Somerville, Martin Ross
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. entertaining stories of Anglo-Irish society Humor is not a genre that holds up very well over time (Mark Twain excepted). The stories of Somerville and Ross, a remarkable pair of women, are an exception. I remember reading somewhere that Teddy Roosevelt was given a copy of this book while recuperating from surgery; it had to be taken away from him because he was laughing so hard the nurses feared he would split his stitches. It was the subject of a PBS drama series years ago, but even PBS did not do it justice. The exploits of Major Sinclair Yeates, his family, friends, and animals, hold up beautifully. Some of the stories have been collected, usually in equine anthologies, but resist categorization as "horse stories" Reading past the humor, a modern reader can perceive the underlying tragedy of Ireland at the turn of the century, and the story of two women born out of their time. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Major Sinclair Yeates leaves England to work as an Irish Resident Magistrate convinced that two and two make four. But as he passes judgement on a range of cases and characters that would have driven Solomon to drink he learns that in Ireland, two and two are just as likely to make five, or three, or even nothing at all... First published at the turn of the century as EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M., these stories were quickly recognised as classics of Anglo- Irish literature and as some of the funniest prose in the English language. This collection- containing all thirty-four stories- inspired the hugely successful television series. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.912Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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