La guitarra providencial

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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27 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 25, 2011

About the author

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.

Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.

Reviews

[Kailey (Luminous Libro) · Rating 2 out of 5]

A travelling actor/singer comes to a new town with his wife, hoping to make some money with a musical show. They have trouble getting the proper permits from the Commissary, and they do not make much money from their show. The hotel where they are staying locks them out, leaving them out on the street for the whole night. But they find shelter in the home of a fellow artist, a painter who is having an argument with his wife. They are debating whether is it better to be a poor artist but able to follow your artistic dreams, or whether it would be better to take a boring job as a clerk but have financial security. The actor encourages them to put creativity first and be true to their artistic vision.

This story doesn't really have a satisfactory ending. They just kind of go their separate ways, miserable and poor and struggling. I guess the moral is that they are living their artistic dream, so it's a happy ending?

I did not care for this story. The characters are really stupid and make dumb decisions. The plot meanders around. The writing is supposed to be funny, but I guess it is just not my brand of humor.

[Alicia Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the story, Providence and the Guitar. The main character is a funny one who is short in height and makes a fortune of performances as an artist. Problem is, when he offers something to a rich man, they may agree till they find out they have an artist in their hands. You see, artists were known to be poor and bankrupt at that time. {saying bills is a hard task, really it is just plain funny.

My favorite sentence, "Go, go," said he, " I am busy-I am measuring butter."

Of course he was really making an excuse to not see the artist, so he decided to tell him a lie that he was measuring butter. But wouldn't a man so rich leave the silly task of measuring butter to a servant at that time? I give this ridiculous short story three stars, it IS funny as I have mentioned oh too many times!

[Almustafa Couch · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very entertaining book. Made largely of two main story lines though there is some debate about that. But as I said there are a number of (linked) short stories in this book the reader is to see the links in this book. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the ramifications of focus when misguided.

[Ocamposeliana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Historia sobre la vida de los artistas... y los oficinistas

[lau · Rating 5 out of 5]

el arte es vida el arte es amor

[Eileen · Rating 1 out of 5]

i just didn't get it