Manalive

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A wind sprang high in the west, like a wave of unreasonable happiness, and tore eastward across England, trailing with it the frosty scent of forests and the cold intoxication of the sea. It a million holes and corners it refreshed a man like a flagon, and astonished him like a blow. In the inmost chambers of intricate and embowered houses it woke like a domestic explosion, littering the floor with some professor's papers till they seemed as precious as fugitive, or blowing out the candle by which a boy …

Taschenbuch, 240 Seiten

Sprache: English

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ISBN:
978-1-59462-838-2
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OCLC-Nummer:
156828649

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hat Manalive von G. K. Chesterton besprochen

Review of 'Manalive' on 'Goodreads'

The enigmatic villain of The Man Who Was Thursday, the curious puzzle solutions of The Club of Queer Trades, but less dynamic than either, less frantic and hilarious action. Still, good.

The easily-guessed plot twist and some of the characterization reminded me of Ray Bradbury's story "The Best of All Possible Worlds", and Curt Goetz's play "Hokuspokus" - both younger works, though in Goetz's case only by a good dozen years.

hat Manalive (Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton) von G. K. Chesterton besprochen

Review of 'Manalive (Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton)' on 'Goodreads'

The enigmatic villain of The Man Who Was Thursday, the curious puzzle solutions of The Club of Queer Trades, but less dynamic than either, less frantic and hilarious action. Still, good.

The easily-guessed plot twist and some of the characterization reminded me of Ray Bradbury's story "The Best of All Possible Worlds", and Curt Goetz's play "Hokuspokus" - both younger works, though in Goetz's case only by a good dozen years.