Opis: Sketches and Recollections, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Poole John

Excerpt from Sketches and Recollections, Vol. 1 of 2

The following papers, now first collected under the general title of Sketches and Recollections, have already appeared, at intervals, since 1825, as contributions to a Periodical Work. The favorable reception with which most of them were honored on their several and separate appearances has induced, their re-publication in their present form. To a numerous class of readers, who seldom or never see the periodicals, they will be new ; and, it is hoped that, to many, upon whom they can make no claim on the score of absolute novelty, the re-appearance of some of them may yet be not unwelcome. Their present arrangement is not according to the order in which they were originally published, but is one adopted for the purpose of contrasting as much as possible, and varying the subjects.

Of the narratives, if they have the good fortune to amuse, few readers will inquire whether they be founded, or not, on fact. But some of them are so ; after all, fact is the best foundation for a superstructure of fiction. The anecdotes of gaming, and of duelling, and the anecdotes generally (related as such) are strictly true.

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Szczegóły: Sketches and Recollections, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Poole John

Nazwa: Sketches and Recollections, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Poole John
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330751688
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 218
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: Sketches and Recollections, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Poole John