W.H. Hudson
Paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 3.74 | 2678 Users | 254 Reviews
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| Title | : | Green Mansions |
| Author | : | W.H. Hudson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Oxford World's Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | November 19th 1998 by Oxford University Press (first published 1904) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Fantasy. Romance. Literature |
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A failed revolutionary attempt drives the hero of Hudson's novel to seek refuge in the primeval forests of south-western Venezuela. There, in the 'green mansions' of the title, Abel encounters the wood-nymph Rima, the last survivor of a mysterious aboriginal race. The love that flowers between them is soon overshadowed by cruelty and sorrow... One of the acknowledged masters of natural history writing, W. H. Hudson forms an important link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and the twentieth-century ecological movement.First published in 1904 and a bestseller after its reissue a dozen years later, Green Mansions offers its readers a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man.
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| Original Title: | Green Mansions |
| ISBN: | 0192832883 (ISBN13: 9780192832887) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.74 From 2678 Users | 254 ReviewsRate About Books Green Mansions
I felt the first part of this book was a bit sluggish with him just wandering around in the forest. It began to get interesting to me when he met Rima and then the last five or six chapters were hard for me to put down. This book isn't perfect and I can see why it's an obscure classic, but I ended up really enjoying it.I typically hold with the idea that classics deserve a second chance and in keeping with that theory I embarked on a re-read. The first time I read this I was a teenager and I hated it, but I thought perhaps nowwith more life experienceI might see the book differently. Find something redeeming in it, something to recommend it. Nope. In my opinion this book deserves to sink in obscurity. All the characters are unsavory in their own way but the protagonist and narrator, Abel, is the worst. He's
This was a unique book but somewhat sleep-inducing. It takes place in Venezuela and Guyana and since I read it soon after I was in Costa Rica I could really envision the rain forests and other scenery. The characters I was not as enamored of. Abel, who is condescending and racist, just liked to chase after nubile native women. I developed more respect for him by the end because of his devotion to his true love, Rima. Rima, on the other hand was too mystical to ever develop any affection for. All
A nice romantic and unusual story set in Victorian era in the forests of Venzuela. Interesting narrative, a bit difficult to get into, however it's worth it if you are patient.I am actually revising this review. After being done with this book after a few days, I realize that I am still thinking about it and when that happens, I need to re-evaluate my feelings.I think I finally get this story. This is about nature vs man, Rima is our representation of nature. SHe is everything beautiful,
I found this book to be slow and sometimes boring, but I really liked the end. I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just say I like what the main character has learned for himself by the last page.
Sigh this is a novel that has lived in my memory as a beloved book from my late teenage years. I first stumbled across this book deep in the stacks of my university library while randomly browsing in order to take a break from proving some tedious, complicated mathematical theorem. Perhaps it was the dullness of the mathematical formulas that in comparison led me to believe this book was truly magical. I became completely obsessed with the book and at the time considered it to be one of the most
Well that was disappointing. This is a sort of supernatural romance, kinda, maybe preternatural would be more apt. Anyway its about a man who finds a forest in Guyana said by locals to be haunted. I can't say much more about it without spoiling the story, especially since there is so little plot. I was really into it at first burning quickly through the first 9 or so chapters. It seemed really compelling, but after a while i realized the reason i was reading so quickly, was because of the thin
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