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NEWS AND
REVIEWS
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Rafael
Sabatini (1875-1950)
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The
December postings include The Chronicles of Captain Blood (1931) (a.k.a
Captain Blood Returns), a sequel to Captain Blood (1921). Many
of Sabatini's other books can be found at PGA at http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-n-z.html#sabatini
Sabatini's
reputation was made with the publication of Scaramouche (1921), a novel
of the French Revolution. This was followed by the equally successful
Captain Blood (1922). Reprints of earlier books, The Sea-Hawk
(1915) and Mistress Wilding (1910), and publication of The
Carolinian (1924) all made in the bestseller lists at the time. See http://gutenberg.net.au/bestsellers.html.
The
Wikipedia entry for Sabatini has details of his work and a brief
biography. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Sabatini).
In
preparing The Chronicles of Captain Blood for posting it was easy to
see why Sabatini's writing was so popular. The plots of the stories are
interesting, with many unexpected twists and turns, and the characters come
alive on the page.
Biographies and Autobiographies of Australian
Explorers
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We
have at PGA the journals of many of those who explored Australia by land and sea
(see http://gutenberg.net.au/explorers-journals.html).
These journals relate primarily to the journeys undertaken by the men themselves
(the explorers were invariably men), however they also provide many insights
into the character of those explorers.
As well, there are a number of
biographies and autobiographies which discuss the personal life of the subject,
as well as his exploring activities. See:--
The Life of James
Cook, by Arthur Kitson (http://gutenberg.net.au/pgaus.html#kitson)
Charles
Sturt - His Life and Journeys of Exploration by J H L Cumpston (http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-a-m.html#cumpston)
Thomas
Mitchell--Surveyor-General and Explorer by J H L Cumpston (http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-a-m.html#cumpston)
Laperouse
by Ernest Scott (http://gutenberg.net.au/pgaus.html#scott)
The
Life of Matthew Flinders by Ernest Scott (http://gutenberg.net.au/pgaus.html#scott)
Quotable
Quotes
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(http://www.gutenberg.net.au/widger/home.html)
The
following are from the works of Jacques Casanova (http://www.gutenberg.net.au/widger/home.html#widger)
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I looked at her with the submissive gaze of a captive who glories in
his chain.
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Blondel regards his wife as his mistress. He says
that that keeps the
flame of love alight, and that as he never had a mistress
worthy of being
a wife, he is delighted to have a wife worthy of being a
mistress.
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Though what she said was perfectly reasonable, it
stung me to the quick;
when one is in an ill humour, everything is fuel for
the fire.
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DECEMBER POSTINGS --
Dec 2007 My School
Days, Edith
Nesbit
[070129xx.xxx] 1582A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701291.txt
or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701291h.html
Dec
2007 The Wild Asses of the Devil, H G
Wells
[070128xx.xxx] 1581A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701281.txt
or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701281h.html
Dec
2007 The D'Arblay Mystery, R Austin
Freeman
[070127xx.xxx] 1580A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701271.txt
or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701271h.html
Dec
2007 A Child'S Christmas in Wales, Dylan
Thomas [070126xx.xxx] 1579A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701261.txt
or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701261h.html
Dec
2007 Mr Belloc Objects to "The Outline...", H G Wells [070125xx.xxx]
1578A
[Full Title: Mr Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History"]
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701251.txt
or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701251h.html
Dec
2007 The Ingoldsby Legends, Richard
Barham
[070124xx.xxx] 1577A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701241.txt
or .zip
Dec 2007 Star-begotten, H G
Wells
[070123xx.xxx] 1576A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701231.txt
or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701231h.html
Dec
2007 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, Hugh Lofting
[070122xx.xxx] 1575A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701221.txt
or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701221h.html
Dec
2007 The Three Just Men, Edgar
Wallace
[070121xx.xxx] 1574A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701211.txt
or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701211h.html
Dec
2007 The Chronicles of Captain Blood, Rafael Sabatini [070120xx.xxx]
1573A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701201.txt
or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701201h.html
Dec
2007 Carnacki The Ghost Finder, William Hope Hodgson [070119xx.xxx]
1572A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701191.txt
or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701191h.html
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