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The Most Dangerous Game: Richard Connell's Original Masterpiece - Richard Connell
The Most Dangerous Game: Richard Connell's Original Masterpiece
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Richard Edward Connell Jr. (1893 – 1949) was an American author and journalist, probably best remembered for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game". Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter and was... show more
Richard Edward Connell Jr. (1893 – 1949) was an American author and journalist, probably best remembered for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game". Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 for best original story. Widely anthologized and the author's bestknown work, "The Most Dangerous Game" features as its main character a big-game hunter from New York, who falls off a yacht and swims to an isolated island in the Caribbean, and is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. The story is an inversion of the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781461190431 (1461190436)
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 42
Edition language: English
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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
3.0 The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
bookshelves: published-1924, islands, seven-seas, film-only, caribbean-caper, adventure, winter-20142015, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, newtome-author, boo-scary, gothic Recommended for: Laura, Wanda et al Read from January 04 to 11, 2015 Watch the full film hereDescription: The Most Danger...
deborahmarkus7
deborahmarkus7 rated it
4.0 The Most Dangerous Game
"I hope the jaguar guns have come from Purdey's. We should have some good hunting up the Amazon. Great sport, hunting.""The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford."For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar."OH NOES! Could this be dramatic foreshadowing?Uh, yeah. Totally. But still a ...
M's blog.
M's blog. rated it
2.0 The Most Dangerous Game
It was fine. The plot is truly interesting, though it didn't excite me much, since I predicted the ending.
Books Less Travelled
Books Less Travelled rated it
2.0 The Most Dangerous Game
A great classic
nataliya
nataliya rated it
My favorite part of this 1924 story was a brief but satisfying cameo appearance by BORSCH, as in "the rich, red soup with whipped cream so dear to Russian palates". Excuse me for a second while I salivate. "Great sport, hunting.""The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford."For the hunter," amend...
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