Arthur Ransome
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| Original Title: | Swallows and Amazons |
| ISBN: | 087923573X (ISBN13: 9780879235734) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Swallows and Amazons #1 |
| Setting: | Lakes District(United Kingdom) |
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Read as part of The Infinite Variety Reading Challenge, based on the BBC's Big Read Poll of 2003. Swallows and Amazons, despite it being a popular old-fashioned children's book that almost every adult in England would have read, has never been on my radar and I don't think I'd ever even heard of it before. I imagine it's because some people think that Titty would make me laugh (there was a titter, but I am English). There's not a lot I can really say about this book, despite nearly giving it five stars. It was just written so well and simply that I could not find many faults. The flow of the book was almost perfect and we went from one day on Wild Cat Island with the children to the next with ease. All the elements were pretty simple, but it just worked. The plot and writing may have been very simple but they were very effective. It is a book to be read at ease. It will not challenge your mind and it probably won't make you think (except about the atrocious manner in which we fear leaving our children alone for even five minutes, not because we are uptight but because it is easier to be a monster now) and it definitely won't tax you mentally. It is simply a great adventure novel for children. A small note on why it was not five stars (because I know how precious we find them and seriously we take ratings) and that's because it simply did not give me the five star feeling. I've felt it before and I'll feel it again, but it wasn't here. Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | Shop | EtsyPresent Of Books Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons #1)
| Title | : | Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons #1) |
| Author | : | Arthur Ransome |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 315 pages |
| Published | : | July 16th 2010 by David R. Godine Publisher (first published 1930) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Childrens. Adventure. Young Adult |
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Ratings: 4 From 26979 Users | 1000 ReviewsAssess Of Books Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons #1)
They sail around in boats and have jolly good fun. I am amazed how little I remember about this book, which I know I read when I was about nine. Some of the things I read then I can recall in fair detail, and for many others there are still key scenes or plot elements that stay sharp. This one: total blank. Sorry, Mr. Ransome. Maybe aliens have operated on my brain.I wrote a review of this and it disappeared. It was a good review, too, nicely scathing about the tedium and the kids playing with matches and ending with a reference to Heart of Darkness as a metaphor for British colonialism.That it disappeared only solidifies in my mind the idea that it was the finest review I've ever written, or ever will write."Boring bloody slog" will have to serve.Library copy.
This book is somewhat magical - it takes you back to a time when not only childhood was more innocent and carefree but life and the world itself more wholesome and adventurous. If I could choose any decade in which to live, the 20s would probably be first or second choice and Swallows & Amazons is testament to that. The whole novel is a mix of childhood delight in the power of imagination and the timeless appeal of the great outdoors. I think a lot of its charm comes from the fact that this
I grew up reading Enid Blyton -- The Famous Five, The Various Happenings of Adventure, the boarding school stories (like Hogwarts without the magic) -- I loved the hearty, rosy-cheeked English children with their pluck and their tinned pineapple and potted meat sandwiches. There was usually an amusing talking parrot and/or foreigner too. I was too young to notice or be bothered by all the casual racism and misogyny which makes Blyton mostly unreadable now. I never read Arthur Ransome until a few
This is a superficially simple tale about four siblings spending a week camping on a small island. They meet two local sisters and play pirates with them. I'm sure if I had read it as a child myself I would have loved the concept. As an adult I found it a little hard to get into at first. Not much happens actionwise in the first half of the book. The kids set up camp and we get a lot of useful information about boating. However, as the days pass and the characters' personalities became more
I wasn't expecting this to be as compelling as it was. Exotic to the point of being alien.Four children are on vacation with their mother. They've asked permission to take a boat out to a nearby island, and their absentee father grants it. The swallows, named after their ship the Swallow, set out and soon encounter a houseboat with a cranky "pirate," and another child-captained ship, the Amazon. The two tomboys on it become friends and play-adversaries to the swallows over the seven days they
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