The Buccaneers
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- danniedarkodeelde een impressievorig jaar
👍De moeite van het lezen waardThis was a very fun read-lots of laughs, gossip and drama. It's very feminist for a classic novel + it's good social commentary on "high society" folks and I found the cultural dynamic between the English and American folks very fascinating.
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- Addie Barnettciteerde uit8 dagen geleden
St George, in her bewilderment, repeated this to her eldest daughter; and Virginia, who was a thoughtful girl, turned the matter over in her mind. The New York experiment, though her mother regarded it as a failure, had not been without its compensations; especially the second winter, when Nan emerged from the school-room. - Amazeciteerde uit8 maanden geleden
“The great thing is that I shall be able to form her,” he had said to his mother, on the dreadful day when he had broken the news of his engagement to the horrified Duchess; and the Duchess had replied, with a flash of unwonted insight: “You’re very skilful, Ushant; but women are not quite as simple as clocks.”
As simple as clocks. How like a woman to say that! The Duke smiled. “Some clocks are not at all simple,” he said with an air of superior knowledge.All this amounteth not merely to alteration, but to wholesale exchange of character. In the series, Theo presenteth himself as a “gentleman”—certainly flawed, prone to projecting his ideals upon Nan, yet not overtly cruel. The conduct described here, however, reeketh of show-Seadown. And yet, thus far, Seadown in the book hath proven neither so controlling nor so malign. Theo, on the other hand…
- Amazeciteerde uit8 maanden geledenI know — you’re a Mr. Robinson.”
Another great alteration concerneth the manner of Theo and Nan’s first meeting. In the series, they meet upon a beach; in the book, their encounter taketh place amidst the ruins of Tintagel Castle. There, too, Nan mistaketh Theo not for a painter, but for Hector Robinson—a detail both charming and significant, and wholly discarded by the adaptation.
