THE JOY OF CAPTAIN RIBOT - The Original Classic Adventure Fiction [AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL OF A. PALACIO VALDÉS] BY MINNA CAROLINE SMITH (Annotated) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

THE JOY OF CAPTAIN RIBOT - The Original Classic Adventure Fiction [AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL OF A. PALACIO VALDÉS] BY MINNA CAROLINE SMITH"We Americans are apt to think because we have banged the Spanish war-ships to pieces that we are superior to the Spaniards, but here in the field where there is always peace they shine our masters. If we have any novelists to compare with theirs at their best, I should be puzzled to think of them, and I should like to have some one else try"—wrote William Dean Howells in Literature.When a work by one of the world's masters of fiction has called forth a remark like the foregoing from a leading man of letters in America, it would be a misfortune if the public to whom the remark is addressed might not enjoy the privilege of acquaintance with that work. And it was this most charming novel by Señor Armando Palacio Valdés, "La Alegria del Capitán Ribot," that prompted Mr. Howells to write those words. Any reader must be hard to please who would not take the keenest delight in a story presented with a touch so delicate. The scene is laid in Valencia, one of the earth's famous garden spots, where the touch of the classic hand, laid upon the spot ages ago yet lingers. It is a story dominated by the purest joy, as its serene Mediterranean landscape is dominated by the purest sunshine.ContentsIntroductionSYLVESTER BAXTER.THE JOY OF CAPTAIN RIBOTCHAPTER I.CHAPTER II.CHAPTER III.CHAPTER IV.CHAPTER V.CHAPTER VI.CHAPTER VII.CHAPTER VIII.CHAPTER IX.CHAPTER X.CHAPTER XI.CHAPTER XII.CHAPTER XIII.CHAPTER XIV.CHAPTER XV.CHAPTER XVI.CHAPTER XVII.CHAPTER XVIII.About an AuthorArmando Palacio ValdésBiographyWorksIn EnglishIn SpanishMy Editor Page : http://amazon.com/author/lovelyporchOther book please search "lovelyporch" or "lovely porch" Thank you.