Cape Cod
The volume on Cape Cod is deliberately formless in style, being interspersed with quotations from old histories and records of merely local interest; it abounds, however, in its author's dry sententious humour and sparkling paradoxes. It has been said that Cape Cod is in one sense the most human of Thoreau s books, and has more tenderness of tone than Waldeii) as if the sea had exercised a mellowing influence on his mind. Especially good are the Dutch pictures of the Wellfleet oysterman and the sea-captains of Provincetown. It is worth the while, says Thoreau, to talk with one whom his neighbours address as Captain, though his craft may hav…
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Weitere Autoren: Johnson, Clifton (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-3-8496-4477-2
- EAN: 9783849644772
- Produktnummer: 16501762
- Verlag: Jazzybee Verlag
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 294 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'408 KB
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