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Jock of the Bushveld - Couverture souple

Fitzpatrick, Sir Percy

 
9781484963661: Jock of the Bushveld
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1484963660 ISBN 13 : 9781484963661

Synopsis

Sonny, you kin reckon it dead sure, thar s something wrong bout a thing that don t explain itself. That was Old Rocky s advice, given three-and-twenty years ago not forgotten yet, but, in this instance, respectfully ignored.It happened some years ago, and this was the way of it: the Fox of Ballybotherem having served three generations in his native Tipperary, in Kaffraria, and in the Transvaal seemed entitled to a rest; and when, in the half-hour before lights out, which is the Little People s particular own, the demand came from certain Autocrats of the Nightgown: Now, tell us something else! it occurred to the Puzzled One to tell of Jock s fight with the table leg. And that is how the trouble began. Those with experience will know what followed; and, for those less fortunate, the modest demand of one, comfortably tucked up tailorwise, and emphasising his points by excited hand-shakes with his toes, will convey the idea: It must be all true! and don t leave out anything! To such an audience a story may be told a hundred times, but it must be told, as Kipling says, Just so! that is, in the same way; because, even a romance (what a three-year-old once excused as only a play tell ) must be true to itself!

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Reseña del editor

“Sonny, you kin reckon it dead sure, thar’s something wrong ’bout a thing that don’t explain itself.” That was Old Rocky’s advice, given three-and-twenty years ago—not forgotten yet, but, in this instance, respectfully ignored. It happened some years ago, and this was the way of it: the Fox of Ballybotherem having served three generations—in his native Tipperary, in Kaffraria, and in the Transvaal—seemed entitled to a rest; and when, in the half-hour before ‘lights out,’ which is the Little People’s particular own, the demand came from certain Autocrats of the Nightgown: “Now, tell us something else!” it occurred to the Puzzled One to tell of Jock’s fight with the table leg. And that is how the trouble began. Those with experience will know what followed; and, for those less fortunate, the modest demand of one, comfortably tucked up tailorwise, and emphasising his points by excited hand-shakes with his toes, will convey the idea: “It must be all true! and don’t leave out anything!” To such an audience a story may be told a hundred times, but it must be told, as Kipling says, “Just so!” that is, in the same way; because, even a romance (what a three-year-old once excused as “only a play tell”) must be true—to itself!

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Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1484963660
ISBN 13 
9781484963661
Reliure
Tapa blanda
Nombre de pages
192
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