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A carregar... The House of the Deer (1970)por D. E. Stevenson
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. The House of the Deer is the sequel to Gerald and Elizabeth. Gerald is hanging around in Scotland shooting deer, an interlude that has little to do with the plot, (something to do with robberies organised by The Planner) but which introduces him to the woman he falls in love with and to crowds of endearing Scottish people. I was much taken aback by a contemptuous remark about Black people and the use of word n.... sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
At short notice Gerald Burleigh Brown is asked to take a deer-stalking holiday in place of his brother-in-law. The old hunting lodge where Gerald stays is miles from the nearest village and surrounded by the forest with its high rocky hills. Apart from getting to know the other people in the house party, Gerald gradually begins to understand and make friends with the local inhabitants. Gerald's days are spent stalking the "hummel", a huge hornless stag which proves particularly elusive. Then suddenly an outburst of violence changes the whole nature of his holiday. In trying to protect the girl he has grown to love Gerald runs into considerable personal danger... Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The thing I liked best was the appearance of and happy ending for Donny Eastwood, who last appeared as a young girl in "Charlotte Fairlie". She's a fairly minor character here though. ( )