Simon the Jester (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

William J. Locke

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ISBN 10 : 1330957334 ISBN 13 : 9781330957332

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

With a strong sense of humor and the will to endure, man can survive the jokes played on him by the hands of fate. This brilliant work portrays a protagonist who faces the cruelty of fate and still carries on with his life. His vigor and courage increases after every downfall and he ultimately has the last laugh.

“It has all the charm and surprise of his famous ‘Simple Septimus.’ It is a novel full of wit and action and life. The characters are all out-of-the-ordinary and splendidly depicted; and the end is an artistic triumph – a fitting climax for a story that’s full of charm and surprise.” -American Magazine

“If you wish to be lifted out of the petty cares of today, read one of Locke’s novels. His characters are worth knowing.” -Baltimore Sun

“Easy and charming.” -The New York Times

“Truly delightful...its chief charm is found, not in its invention, but in its quiet humor and deft allusiveness. A worthy successor for ‘Septimus’ and ‘The Beloved Vagabond,’ and in ‘The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne.’” -The Dial, Volume 49, July 1, 1910

“Simon de Gex, M. P., a gay philosopher after Mr. Locke’s heart, is suddenly given by his doctor six months to live. He faces death undiscouraged, and when we leave him sound in body and happy in marriage, he has acquired wider and saner views of life....His story reveals effectively the edge of humanity of the author. All the characters are living, from the cannily magnetic woman who succeeds in securing her lover just as her better self has made her success dust and ashes, to the half-crazy little dwarf who murders her first husband in a mad frenzy of revenge.” -Book Review Digest, Volume 6, 1910

“You will not put down the book until you have read the last page. The story is not the main part of Mr. Locke’s book. It is the style, the quality of the writing, the atmosphere of the novel, the easy pervasive charm...which makes us feel once more the stirring pulses and eager blood of deathless romance.” -W. L. Courtney, The Daily Telegraph

“We thoroughly recommend ‘Simon the Jester,’ and can promise an enjoyable tie in the company of the miscellaneous assortment of people from all ranks and classes who dance through its pages to Mr. Locke’s many tunes.” -Morning Post

“It is much the best of his sentimental stories, without forgetting for an instant the illiterate Carlotta and the gushing Paragot; the writing of it has a style, a grace.” -Standard

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Présentation de l'éditeur

William John Locke (20 March 1863 – 15 May 1930) was a novelist and playwright, born in Cunningsbury St George, Christ Church, Demerara, British Guyana on 20 March 1863, the eldest son of John Locke, Bank Manager of Barbados, and his first wife, Sarah Elizabeth Locke (née Johns). His parents were English. In 1864 his family moved to Trinidad and Tobago. In 1865, a second son was born, Charlie Alfred Locke, who was eventually to become a doctor. Charlie Locke died in 1904 aged 39. His half-sister, Anna Alexandra Hyde (née Locke), by his father's second marriage, died in 1898 in childbirth aged 25. Five times Locke's books made the list of best-selling novels in the United States for the year. His works have been made into twenty-four motion pictures the most recent of which was Ladies in Lavender, filmed in 2004 and starring Dame Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. Adapted to the screen by Charles Dance, it was based on Locke's 1916 short story of the same title that had been published in a collection entitled "Faraway Stories." Probably the most famous of Locke's books adapted to the screen was the 1918 Pickford Film Corporation production of Stella Maris starring Mary Pickford. In addition, four of his books were made into Broadway plays, two of which Locke wrote and were produced by Charles Frohman.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330957334
• ISBN 13: 9781330957332
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 382
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