Classic Novels as Fast Fiction (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

What is "Classic Novels as Fast Fiction" all about?"Classic Novels as Fast Fiction" preserves all the excitement and interest of the original novel, but presents it as a modern, streamlined version that makes for easy, quick, and enjoyable reading.Ideal for readers who would like to enlarge their collection of studied novels, without the need to wade through hundreds of pages, but still gain the essential cut and thrust of the original.Quite often the original text is retained when it is a favourite and recognised literary quotation."Classic Novels as Fast Fiction" can be read in a couple of hours.Would suit students needing to read extra literary works.Or to fill in time while using Public Transport regularly.  "The Scarlet Pimpernel", by Baroness Orczy is here presented as "Fast Fiction". Written in the early 1900's, it tells the story of an English Lord who was helping French nobility escape the Guillotine, during the French Revolution in the late 1700's.He was nearly betrayed accidently by his wife, the Lady Marguerite Blakeney, but his skillful disguises and acting  abilities enabled him to continually fool the French authorities.A terrific story with a devious plot that benefits greatly with this abbreviated version.