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Mr. Meeson's Will
Henry Rider Haggard
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Augusta, on board the Kangaroo, was, however, in utter ignorance of this act of devotion on the part of her admirer; indeed, she did not even know that he was her admirer. Feeling a curious sinking sensation within her, she was about to go below to her cabin, which she shared with a lady's-maid, not knowing whether to attribute it to sentimental qualms incidental to her lonely departure from the land of her birth, or to other qualms connected with the first experience of life upon the ocean wave. About that moment, however, a burly quarter-master addressed her in gruff tones, and informed her that if she wanted to see the last of "hold Halbion," she had better go aft a bit, and look over the . . . Read More
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MR MEESON'S WILL is at best underwhelming. It has one very good scene involving a Titanic-like shipwreck, but other than that there's little to recommend it. Mr Meeson is an A-1 jerk. He's also a book publisher, which I suppose are one and the same. He cheats Augusta out of her royalties and as a re
কিশোর উপন্যাস। বেশ চমৎকার। এক বসায় পড়ে শেষ করার মতো। তবে মজা পেয়েছি দুটো কারণে।
প্রথমত, উপন্যাস লেখার সময়কালীন ইংল্যান্ডের সমাজ ও বিচার ব্যাবস্থা সম্পর্কে একটা ধারণা পাওয়া যায়। সেটা অনেকটা আমাদের বর্তমান সময়ের কাছাকাছি। উল্লেখ্য যে উপন্যাসটি সম্ভবত ১৮৮৫ সালে লেখা।
দ্বিতীয়ত, সেই সময়ে বৃটেনের ম
হেনরি রাইডার হ্যাগার্ডের উপর থেকে আমি কখনো আকর্ষণ হারাইনি । যদিও ব্যক্তিগতভাবে আমার তাকে খুবই রেসিস্ট মনে হয় ! কাহিনীর প্রয়োজনে কিনা জানি না তবে তিনি সব কাহিনীতেই সাদা মানুষদের প্রভু আর কালো মানুষদের দাস হিসেবে উপস্থাপন করেছেন ।
তবে রোমাঞ্চের জগতে তিনি যে একচ্ছত্র অধিপতি সেটা অস্বীকারের কিছু নেই ।
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হ্যাগার্ড সাহেবের আরেকটি মাস্টারপিস, সাথে ইসমাইল আরমান এর ঝরঝরে অনুবাদ। এক বসায় শেষ করেছিলাম।
"Mr. Meeson's Will" was first printed in book form in October 1888, after having first appeared earlier that year in "The Illustrated London News." It was H. Rider Haggard's 11th novel (out of 58), and one in which his experiences as both a writer and aspiring lawyer were given vent. The novel is at
I first found this title while doing research for my year-long project of reading in the area of the history of mystery/crime/detective fiction, but it didn't take too long to realize that this book really didn't fit into that category. In fact, there's a tag at the top of the cover that says "Class
Haggard operating in a more Dickensian mode. And possibly being a bit bitter about his experiences as a relatively fledgling author? (Who, admittedly, had already published at least two or three phenomenally successful and genre-creating novels.)
[spoilers abound for a book first published in 1888]
So
A brilliantly wicked lampoon upon the veniality of publishers that remains hilarious and true, even today. Nothing has changed in 126 years...more
আমার পড়া হ্যাগার্ড এর একাদশতম বই। এবং সবথেকে দুর্বলতম। কিন্তু তারপরেও চার তারা না দিলে পাপ হবে। হ্যাগার্ড সাহেবের লেখা যারা পড়েনি তারা অবাক হবেন দুর্বলতম লেখাকে কিভাবে চার তারা দেয়া যায় ভেবে। কারণ এটা হ্যাগার্ড এর লেখা। হ্যাগার্ড সাহেব আলাদা একটা স্ট্যান্ডার্ড সেট করে গেছেন।