Glass Rt từ Agirzya, Respublika Bashkortostan, Russia

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05/03/2024

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2019-03-02 22:30

Rèn Kỹ Năng Làm Bài Trắc Nghiệm Môn Tiếng Anh Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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This book took me a while to read for several reasons. For one thing, at the time I started it, I was also working through the massive "Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years." I almost always have 2 or three books going at once so I can switch off depending on my mood and concentration level. Also, my Sabbatical ended while I was working on this volume, which meant I had far less time to read. Most importantly though, and what kept me from giving this collection 5 stars, is that it starts quite slowly. The collection is arranged in order of publication date. With the early stories being written as early in Kipling's career as 1884-5, what we have is far from the work of the accomplished author he was to become. They're not juvenalia and each story on its own stands up just fine but taken together the first 10-15 stories tend to be a bit "much of a muchness." By the time the reader reaches the classic "The Man Who Would Be King," however, the situation changes. Now we have a mature Kipling, confident in his craft. The plots and characters are far more varied as is the diction. From that point forward, the book is a delight. A hitherto undiscovered treasure for me was "The Brushwood Boy" and I was pleased to run into my old friends Puck, Dan and Una in "The Knife and the Naked Chalk," a chapter from "Rewards and Fairies." Only Kipling's two forays into science fiction marred my pleasure. I found both "With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 AD" and "As Easy as A.B.C.: A Tale of 2150 AD" to be unreadable. I've been a fan of Kipling's verse and stories since I was a child. The reservations expressed above notwithstanding, this is a solid addition to my library. I recommend it but remember to take it slowly through the first quarter or so of the book to allow the slighter stories to have room to please your palette before you devour the heartier fare to come.

Người đọc Glass Rt từ Agirzya, Respublika Bashkortostan, Russia

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.