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Dream Days
In the matter of general culture and attainments, we youngsters stood on pretty level ground. True, it was always happening that one of us would be singled out at any moment, freakishly, and without regard to his own preferences, to wrestle with the inflections of some idiotic language long rightly dead; while another, from some fancied artistic tendency which always faile...more
ebook, 158 pages
Published
December 2nd 2010
by Pubone.Info
(first published 1898)
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4 1/2 stars.
I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys the Penrod books by Booth Tarkington. It has the same exuberant, joyful respect for the innocence and seriousness of bygone childhood imagination. And if the last story doesn't choke you up just a little, you have neither heart nor soul and should just go back to your "Twilight" collection.
I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys the Penrod books by Booth Tarkington. It has the same exuberant, joyful respect for the innocence and seriousness of bygone childhood imagination. And if the last story doesn't choke you up just a little, you have neither heart nor soul and should just go back to your "Twilight" collection.
childhood vignettes - some are awfully close to my own memories.
Perfectly magical reminiscence on childhood and its eventual end.
A delightful collection of pieces to while away an afternoon.
Jul 20, 2009
Rauf
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Everybody!
Recommended to Rauf by:
Me, Myself and Rauf
Bloody hell, this book is shiny! Some pieces are stronger than the other...I love "The Magic Ring", "A Saga of the Sea", "The Reluctant Dragon" and "A Departure".
The language is beautiful. I too am a reluctant dragon.
Fabulous.
Not quite as good as the Golden Age, but still good.
Dec 05, 2009
Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides
marked it as decided-not-to-read
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Sadly, this was simply not as engrossing as its predecessor.
I only bought these Kenneth Grahame books for the Maxfield Parrish illustrations (not the books pictured). The stories aren't that great.
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