The Real Diary of a Real Boy: A Mischievous Boyhood in Nineteenth-Century New England - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1592241905 ISBN 13 : 9781592241903

Editeur : Wilder Publications, 2003

Synopsis

Schoolroom scrapes, neighborhood rivalries, stern punishments, and glorious outdoor adventures fill the pages of this wonderfully unruly portrait of American boyhood. Written in the voice-and deliberately imperfect spelling-of young Plupy Shute, The Real Diary of a Real Boy follows an eleven-year-old growing up in Exeter, New Hampshire, during the 1860s. Plupy's days are crowded with fishing expeditions, fights, practical jokes, troublesome friends, family disputes, and repeated encounters with adult authority. His observations are impulsive, candid, and frequently hilarious, capturing the peculiar logic of childhood without smoothing away its selfishness, cruelty, loyalty, wonder, or innocence. Drawn from Henry A. Shute's memories of his own New England boyhood, this enduring fictional diary offers both lively entertainment and a vivid glimpse of everyday American life after the Civil War. Its energetic humor and authentic youthful voice made the book a national success and established Plupy as one of the memorable mischievous boys of early American popular fiction.

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À propos de l'auteur

Henry Augustus Shute (1856-1943) was an American lawyer, judge, and author best known for his humorous stories about boyhood in Exeter, New Hampshire. Born in Exeter, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Harvard University in 1879. During the 1890s, the Exeter News-Letter began publishing his recollections of childhood, material that eventually developed into his popular stories about Plupy and his friends.Published in 1902, The Real Diary of a Real Boy brought Shute national recognition and inspired a succession of related books, including Sequil to the Real Diary, Real Boys, and Plupy the Real Boy. His stories later appeared widely in The Saturday Evening Post. Remembered for his lively humor and convincing recreation of childhood thought and speech, Shute created an affectionate but unsentimental record of small-town New England life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilder Publications
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1592241905
• ISBN 13: 9781592241903
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 127
• Éditeur: Shute Henry A.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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