ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1908
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Captain Marryat - The Three Cutters
Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld und Leipzig, 1908
94 str.
tvrdi povez
stanje: vrlo dobro
Frederick Marryat | Mit Anmerkungen zum Schulgebrauch neu hrsg. von Georg Steinmüller

Reader, have you ever been at Plymouth? If you have, your eye must have dwelt with ecstasy upon the beautiful property of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe: if you have not been at Plymouth, the sooner that you go there the better. At Mount Edgcumbe you will behold the finest timber in existence, towering up to the summits of the hills, and feathering down to the shingle on the beach. And from this lovely spot you will witness one of the most splendid panoramas in the world. You will see I hardly know what you will not see you will see Ram Head, and Cawsand Bay; and then you will see the Breakwater, and Drake`s Island, and the Devil`s Bridge below you; and the town of Plymouth and its fortifications, and the Hoe; and then you will come to the Devil`s Point, round which the tide runs devilish strong; and then you will see the New Victualling Office, about which Sir James Gordon used to stump all day, and take a pinch of snuff from every man who carried a box, which all were delighted to give, and he was delighted to receive, proving how much pleasure may be communicated merely by a pinch of snuff; and then you will see Mount Wise and Mutton Cove; the town of Devonport; with its magnificent dockyard and arsenals, North Corner, and the way which leads to Saltash. And you will see ships building and ships in ordinary; and ships repairing and ships fitting; and hulks and convict ships, and the guard ship; ships ready to sail and ships under sail; besides lighters, men of war`s boats, dockyard boats, bum boats, and shore boats. In short, there is a great deal to see at Plymouth besides the sea itself: but what I particularly wish now is, that you will stand at the battery of Mount Edgcumbe and look into Barn Pool below you, and there you will see, lying at single anchor, a cutter; and you may also see, by her pendant and ensign, that she is a yacht.

From the legendary adventures of Robinson Crusoe to the tribulations and trials of C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower, the great characters of the sea-faring novel have long been etched into the national consciousness. One of the authors whose work stood on the prow amidst the first breaking waves of this genre was Captain Frederick Marryat. Based largely on personal experience of a long and highly decorated career in the Royal Navy, his work has an immediacy and authenticity that is hard to match. The Pirate & the Three Cutters is a collection of two of his novels, and two of the finest examples of tales that will delight the imagination.


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