John Buchan

Prester John

Prester John is a splendid story, not merely compact with thrilling scenes, but distinguished by a fine literary flavour, due partly to the authors style and partly to his ability to describe men who are not mere automatons. Davie Crawfurd, Laputa, Wardlaw, an Aberdeen schoolmaster; Henriques, a dirty Portuguese scoundrel, and others are men of flesh and blood as living and real as the people one meets every day in the street, and a great deal more interesting.--Scotsman.
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Impressions

  • Николай Зубовshared an impression8 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🔮Hidden Depths
    💡Learnt A Lot
    🎯Worthwhile
    💞Loved Up
    🚀Unputdownable

    Мне было 13 или 14, когда я ее прочитал в первый раз, и это была вторая или третья книга на английском в моей жизни. Она хороша была тогда, хороша и наивна сейчас.

Quotes

  • Николай Зубовhas quoted8 years ago
    When I came finally to cast up my accounts, I found that I had secured a fortune of a trifle over a quarter of a million pounds.
  • Николай Зубовhas quoted8 years ago
    Utter exhaustion defeats sleep.
  • Николай Зубовhas quoted8 years ago
    I asked him his objection to the storekeeper, but he would say nothing beyond that he was too thick with the natives.

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