Charles James Lever (1806–1872)
Autor von Harry Lorrequer
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Werke von Charles James Lever
Irish Literature 12 Exemplare
Con Cregan 7 Exemplare
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 1): Harry Lorrequer, Tom Burke of "Ours." (with 24 illustrations) (1880) 6 Exemplare
Diary and notes of Horace Templeton, Esq, late secretary of legation at - (Collection of British authors) 4 Exemplare
Tom Burke, part II 3 Exemplare
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 2): The Knights of Gwynne, Davenport Dunn (with 30 illustrations) (1881) 3 Exemplare
The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly 2 Exemplare
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 3): Charles O'Malley, Jack Hinton (with 26 illustrations) (1881) 2 Exemplare
Harry Lorrequer Volume I 2 Exemplare
Jack Hinton, the guardsman Volume II 2 Exemplare
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 5): Luttrell of Arran, Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly (with illustrations) 2 Exemplare
The knight of Gwynne, part I 2 Exemplare
Con O'Kelly 2 Exemplare
Jack Hinton, the guardsman Volume 1 2 Exemplare
Harry Lorrequer Volume II 2 Exemplare
The knight of Gwynne, part II 2 Exemplare
Sir Jasper Carew 2 Exemplare
Martins of Cro' Martin Vol. II 2 Exemplare
The Fortunes of Glencore Vol. II 1 Exemplar
Maurice Tiernay: Soldier of Fortune 1 Exemplar
Paul Gossletts confessions 1 Exemplar
The Daltons Vol. II 1 Exemplar
Con Cregan's Legacy 1 Exemplar
De avonturen van Algernon Sydney Potts 1 Exemplar
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II 1 Exemplar
The Works of Charles Lever - Vol. II 1 Exemplar
Charles O'Malley the Irish Dragoon Volume I 1 Exemplar
Arthur O'Leary 1 Exemplar
Roland Cashel Vol. I 1 Exemplar
The Dodd Family Abroad Vol II 1 Exemplar
Davenport Dunn Vol. I 1 Exemplar
Luttrell of Arran Vol. I 1 Exemplar
Martins of Cro' Martin Vol. I 1 Exemplar
The Daltons Vol. I 1 Exemplar
The Dodd Family Abroad Vol. I 1 Exemplar
One of Them Vol. II 1 Exemplar
Sire Brook Fossbroke Vol. I 1 Exemplar
Barrinton Vol. I 1 Exemplar
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- Geburtstag
- 1806-08-31
- Todestag
- 1872-06-01
- Geschlecht
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- Nationalität
- Irish
- Geburtsort
- Dublin, Ireland
- Sterbeort
- Trieste, Italy
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- Trinity College, Dublin (BA, MA, LLD)
Louvain University (MD) - Berufe
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How has it aged? In a word, fair. If you were to update the scenes to the present day it would likely make for a popular movie - one man's search for love (and money) gallivanting through Europe derailed by numerous distractions upon his journey.
It's quite a rambling novel, presented as a memoir of an English military officer on detachment to Ireland, the plot is quite flimsy, basically a stream of events with a meandering course and not a great deal of direction. It didn't really contain much in the way of description of how things were back in the day in terms of the functioning of civilisation, although there are a few pistol duels and numerous presentations of the horse and carriage.
Overall, it was fair a little cumbersome at times, but interesting in others. It has quite small and closely spaced font so the 344 pages is more like 700 if it were to use a modern typeface, margins and spacing.… (mehr)