This is a charming and very readable novel written in the mid 19th century by a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Written around the time of Voltaire's Candide and Flaubert's A Sentimental... Více
This is a charming and very readable novel written in the mid 19th century by a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Written around the time of Voltaire's Candide and Flaubert's A Sentimental Education, this novel also mixes the adventure and unexpected turns of a picaresque work with the protagonist being from a mildly upper class lineage. Like those others, A Rogue's Life trades on the main character's one foot in the noble's world and one foot in the workingman/adventurer's world to shed light on the inconsistencies and moral hazards that appear when those two spheres meet. A Rogue's Life also includes a 'lifelong' love story as well, although this one, fortunately, rewards the reader heaps more than the other works mentioned. ... (Avel Rudenko)
| Autor: | Wilkie Collins |
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| Vydavatel: | Saga Egmont |
| Vydáno: | 2021 |
| Počet stran: | 250 |
| Formáty: | ePUB, Mobi |
| Velikost: | ePUB (1 MiB), Mobi (2 MiB) |
| ISBN: | 999-00-038-3670-0 |
| Jazyk: | Angličtina |
