Berry And Co.
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0084AWYWA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 408 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Post WWI Neverland I don't understand myself. These stories, mostly of high jinks in the English countryside, are grossly overwritten, especially in descriptions of scenery. The protagonists are all perfect gentlemen, apart from their assumption of entitlement and chauvinist superiority, while the ladies are paragons of demure pulchritude. And yet I find them quite delightful in their depiction of a place and time that never was. It's a puzzlement.. Five Stars Amazon Customer A must read for classic readers. David L. Vineyard said Warm up the Rolls, Carson. The charming self satisfied heroes of Dornford Yates Wodehousian tales are at it again, at home and abroad in a fairy tale England and that was --- at least if you had the money, the time, the taste, and the good luck to find it. Yates is a terrible snob, but just enjoy the fun. These books book's define nostalgic charm, and Yates has a magical lyrical and unique way with the English language. No one save maybe Anthony Hope (The Prisoner of Zenda) ever wrote quite like this.White Ladies and it
Eventually finding the English climate utterly unbearable, Yates chose to live in the French Pyrenees for eighteen years, before moving on to Rhodesia, as it then was, where he died in 1960. These ranged from light-hearted farce to adventure thrillers. Along with Sapper and John Buchan, Yates dominated the adventure book market of the inter-war years. It had become his great passion, and he went on to complete some thirty books. The 'Berry' series established Yates' reputation as a writer of witty, upper-crust romances and he was also very successful with the thriller genre though the character Richard Chandos, who recounts the adventures of Jonah Mansel, a classic gentleman sleuth. About the Author Born Cecil William Mercer, into a middle class Victorian family with many skeletons in the closet, including his great-uncle's conviction for embezzlement from a law firm and subsequent suicide, Yates' parents somehow
The 'Berry' series established Yates' reputation as a writer of witty, upper-crust romances and he was also very successful with the thriller genre though the character Richard Chandos, who recounts the adventures of Jonah Mansel, a classic gentleman sleuth. Born Cecil William Mercer, into a middle class Victorian family with many skeletons in the closet, including his great-uncle's conviction for embezzlement from a law firm and subsequent suicide, Yates' parents somehow scraped enough money
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