Arthur Ransome (1884–1967)
Autor(a) de Swallows and Amazons
About the Author
Children's author Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds, England on January 18, 1884. As a child, he spent many vacations sailing, camping, and exploring the countryside in England's Lake Country. He studied chemistry for one year at Yorkshire College before dropping out to become a writer. He worked mostrar mais for a London publisher and then for the Manchester Guardian newspaper. He wrote his first book, Bohemia in London, in 1907 and went to study folklore in Russia in 1913. In 1916, he published Old Peter's Russian Tales, a collection of 21 folktales. During World War I, he became a reporter for the Daily News and covered the war on the Eastern Front. While in Russia, he also covered the Russian Revolution in 1917. He eventually settled in England's Lake District with his second wife. In 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons, which was the first book in his well-know Swallows and Amazons series about children who sail and explore the lakes and mountains of England. He drew inspiration for the books from his own childhood memories. In 1936, he won the Carnegie Medal for children's literature for Pigeon Post. He died on June 3, 1967. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Arthur Ransome
Peter Duck : a treasure hunt in the Caribbees (1932) — Autor; Ilustrador, algumas edições — 1,017 exemplares
Arthur Ransome Collection Vintage Children's Classics 6 Books Bundle (Coot Club, Peter Duck, Pigeon Post, Swallowdale,… (2016) 11 exemplares
The Swallows and Amazons Adventures, Part I 4 exemplares
The twilight years 3 exemplares
Swallows and Amazons Series Collection Series 4 Books (Winter Holiday, Peter Duck, Swallowdale, Swallows and Amazons)… (2018) 3 exemplares
Svalerne på Vinterferie 2 exemplares
Svalerne på Skatteøen 2 exemplares
Svalerne som Guldgravere 2 exemplares
Svalerne på Fastlandet 2 exemplares
Svalerne og den Sorte Skonnert 2 exemplares
Svalerne og Den mystiske Mand 2 exemplares
Svalerne går i Land 2 exemplares
Svalerne og Piraterne 2 exemplares
Highways and byways in fairy land 2 exemplares
Svalerne på Opdagelse 2 exemplares
Wyspa krabów 1 exemplar
Cuentos Rusos Del Abuelo Pedro I 1 exemplar
Pierre Canné [manuscript] 1 exemplar
Swallows And Amazons Adventures Set 2 Featuring Missee Lee, The Big Six, Coot Club, Winter Holiday, Great Northern And… (2005) 1 exemplar
RANSOME ON BLUE WATER SAILING 1 exemplar
The stone lady 1 exemplar
The Swallows and Amazons Adventures, Part II 1 exemplar
Drawn at a venture 1 exemplar
[Unknown] 1 exemplar
The A.B.C. of physical culture 1 exemplar
Swallowdale [abridged audiobook] 1 exemplar
ATONEMENT, THE 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Sailing alone around the world, and Voyage of the Liberdade (1948) — Introdução, algumas edições — 118 exemplares
Oscar Wilde: Collection of 300 Classic Works with Analysis and Historical Background (2013) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Stories by Daudet and Coppée — Editor — 3 exemplares
Then and Now. A Selection of Articles, Stories & Poems, Taken from the First Fifty Numbers of ‘Now & Then’,… (1935) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Stories for girls — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
British country life in autumn and winter : the book of the open air (1907) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Ransome, Arthur Michell
- Outros nomes
- Ransome, Arthur M.
Blunt, William (pseudonym|1939-1940) - Data de nascimento
- 1884-01-18
- Data de falecimento
- 1967-06-03
- Localização do túmulo
- Rusland churchyard, England
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Cheadle, Cheshire, UK
- Locais de residência
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK (birthplace)
London, England, UK
Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK
Hatch, Wiltshire, England, UK
St. Petersburg, Russia
Riga, Latvia (mostrar todos 10)
Ludderburn, Cumbria, England, UK
Levington, Suffolk, England, UK
Nibthwaithe, Lancashire, England, UK
Haverthwaite, Lancashire, England, UK - Educação
- Old College, Windermere
Rugby School
Yorkshire College - Ocupações
- journalist
foreign correspondent
literary critic
columnist
sailor
fisherman (mostrar todos 9)
children's author
illustrator
autobiographer - Relações
- Ransome, Cyril (father)
Lupton, Joyce (sister)
Lupton, Hugh (great-nephew) - Organizações
- Temple Bar Magazine (editor)
Daily News
Manchester Guardian
London Library (1903-) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- DLitt (h.c. ∙ Durham University)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Arthur Ransome used the pseudonym William Blunt as a reviewer of new detective novels for The Observer between 1939 and 1940.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 105
- Also by
- 60
- Membros
- 15,924
- Popularidade
- #1,424
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 272
- ISBN
- 458
- Línguas
- 11
- Marcado como favorito
- 48
The children have gathered in Lowestoft to join Captain Flint (Nancy and Peggy's uncle) on the schooner Wild Cat. They meet a crusty old salt named Peter Duck who volunteers to fill in for the other adult who is delayed and can't join them. Peter tells them a yarn about being shipwrecked as a ship's boy and seeing pirates bury treasure at the foot of a palm tree. Excited by the prospect of real buried treasure, Captain Flint and the Swallows and Amazons crew are off for the Caribbees, trailed by the notorious pirate Black Jake and The Viper. Adventures abound and once more the children must rely on their wits and each other as they sail across the Atlantic.
Although the middle of the book dragged a bit, the action in the last third is nonstop excitement. I look forward to returning to England and the adventures of the Swallows and Amazon in a more realistic setting.… (mais)