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Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Si
Charles Kingsley
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But the night's adventures were not ended yet; for just as the boat was launched, a faint halloo was heard upon the beach, and a minute after, a horseman plunged down the pebbles, and along the sand, and pulling his horse up on its haunches close to the terrified group, dropped, rather than leaped, from the saddle.
The serving-man, though he dared not tackle a witch, knew well enough how to deal with a swordsman; and drawing, sprang upon the newcomer, and then recoiled—
"God forgive me, it's Mr. Eustace! Oh, dear sir, I took you for one of Sir Richard's men! Oh, sir, you're hurt!"
"A scratch, a scratch!" almost moaned Eustac. . . Read More
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It has every possible human emotion that I can relate to every part of my life, and at the right proportion. Truly a magic portion!
This was a very fun book to read! There are a few dark themes of violence with the Spanish army, so I wouldn't recommend it for kids under 13. This is a very long book with a few slow spots, but over all, I really enjoyed reading it.
I bought this edition thinking my adult son would want it for his collection on behalf of his children of the Scribner's Classics. I'd never read it. Turns out he already has it. I read it with respect and pleasure, finding in it, along with the work of Kingsley's contemporary Captain Frederick Mary
2 1/2 stars
This one took a long while to get going, and felt even longer on account of its old-style writing and a great deal of prejudices and nationalism besides. But once it does pick up, it picks up.
I'm still not sure if it was worth it in the end, though.
read for my nation, empire, and literature class. an english bestseller. fascinating from an historical and sociological perspective. an obviously nationalistic book. it was fun to write a paper on, though. and it made my recent robin hood obsession suddenly relevant.
Truly amazing book. The writing style was very realistic and the book was very, very complete in that it had times of joy, sadness, romance, jealousy, and pretty much everything else. Amyas is a captain and adventurer during the time of the Spanish Main, and his Christian values and acts of selfless
First off, I didn't really get into this book until almost half-way through. The start seemed to be largely about Amyas Leigh, the protagonist, desiring to go to sea, and his romance with the character Rose.
The story really gets going after Amyas loses Roses to the main antagonist, Don Guzman, and t