2 stars are a little more common, but not by much. I can count the number of 1 star reviews I’ve written on one hand, with room to spare. Truly I tell you, I am almost never that guy. Wherever you see a “high average” book on Amazon or Goodreads (such as this one – a 4.13/5 on GR at the time of my writing this) and you scroll through the reviews, there is always a least one prick among the 4 and 5 star gushers who has to poop in the punch bowl. But I have no patience for a novel that fails spectacularly and aggressively at both. I can forgive an ambitious novel for falling a little short of its goals. I can forgive an entertaining novel for lacking ambition. Good authors tend to excel at one of those aims to the detriment of the other, or excel adequately enough at both to find artistic and/or commercial success. Great authors do both of those things brilliantly and produce great works, but great authors are few and far between. Fiction can do quite a lot of things, but most often it aims to entertain or to express ambitious ideas.
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We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.Īlthough in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit. © Pickle Partners Publishing 2014, all rights reserved. Text originally published in 1920 under the same title. This edition is published by PICKLE PARTNERS PUBLISHING-To join our mailing list for new titles or for issues with our books – on Facebook |