Ivanhoe
by:
Walter Scott (author)
In Ivanhoe Scott fashioned an imperial myth of national cultural identity that has shaped the popular imagination ever since its first appearance at the end of 1819. With the secret return of King Richard and the disinherited Saxon knight Ivanhoe, Scott confronts his splendid and tumultuous...
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In Ivanhoe Scott fashioned an imperial myth of national cultural identity that has shaped the popular imagination ever since its first appearance at the end of 1819. With the secret return of King Richard and the disinherited Saxon knight Ivanhoe, Scott confronts his splendid and tumultuous romance, featuring the tournament at Ashby-de- la-Zouche, the siege of Torquilstone, and the clash of wills between the wicked Templar Bois-Guilbert and the sublime Rebecca. Based on the 1830 text of Ivanhoe, this is the first edition to make corrections against Scott's working materials and incorporates readings from Scott's own manuscript.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780192834997 (0192834991)
Publish date: August 20th 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 622
Edition language: English
Średniowieczny klimat. Bohaterowie zapadający w pamięć. Fabuła, która wciąga. Czy trzeba czegoś więcej, by się dobrze bawić przy lekturze? Ok, na początek muszę to przyznać. Książka była przewidywalna. O pojawieniu się Ivanhoe wiedziałam wcześniej niż inni bohaterowie. I do tej pory nie mogę pojąć...
...le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.
This was a re-read for me, and I do have to admit that I have either become more generous with my ratings or this one deserved higher the first time. Bumping it from 3 to 4 stars, I feel that this book is more fairly rated even if I still didn't enjoy it as much as I would expect to like a story ful...
You know what's weird? I spent three whole weeks getting through this 600-page novel, yet when I finished, I managed to reread half of it in the space of 12 hours. (That is, if going over all my favorite parts out of order counts as rereading.)So yeah, this was a challenging novel, but it was mostly...
Not the best books I've read, but I'm glad I've read it.
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