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The Money Moon: A Romance Pasta blanda – 20 junio 2016

Edición Inglés por Farnol Jeffery (Creador)
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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    274 páginas
  2. Idioma
    Inglés
  3. Editorial
    Hardpress Publishing
  4. Fecha de publicación
    20 junio 2016
  5. Dimensiones
    15.2 x 1.46 x 22.9 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1318707714
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1318707713
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  • Editorial ‏ : ‎ Hardpress Publishing (20 junio 2016)
  • Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglés
  • Pasta blanda ‏ : ‎ 274 páginas
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1318707714
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1318707713
  • Dimensiones ‏ : ‎ 15.2 x 1.46 x 22.9 cm
  • Opiniones de los clientes:
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Miss Sprick
4.0 de 5 estrellas Un buon esempio di umorismo inglese
Revisado en Italia el 7 de abril de 2017
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Ho trovato irresistibile questo racconto di Jeffery Farnol, pervaso dal più classico humour britannico. Una storia, di per sé, semplice, quasi banale, ma illuminata da un profondo affetto per i luoghi e le genti dell'Inghilterra di inizio novecento.
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Tweety Perkins
5.0 de 5 estrellas So sweet it's like a Fairy Tale
Reseñado en los Estados Unidos el 14 de julio de 2016
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This was the sweetest Farnol I've ever read. I am truly sorry I put off reading it so long.

The story starts with George Bellow, a American millionaire, who had set off to England to win a fair lady. But, since she doesn't want anything to do with him he trots off on a hike to find himself. That's when he meets a little boy named Georgy Porgy.

Porgy tells Bellow that he's marching to Africa where he will make his fortune, then he will come home to England with a sack of gold to solve all his Auntie Anthea's problems. For the sake of it, and because he likes the lad, Bellow decides to help, first by bringing Porgy back and then by filling Porgy's head with tales of a prince slaying dragons for the fair princess and a legend of the Money Moon. George Bellow tells him that on the night of the Money Moon the moon will be the colour of a golden sovereign, and on that night they will go out and find a fortune.

Auntie Anthea finds herself torn, she wants to pay off the mortgage on the house but is too proud to accept help. But not too proud to agree to something if it will help her care for Georgy Porgy. So she is in a deadlock, until the hops come in and pay everything off for her. If they come in at all.

Miss Priscilla has been visited daily by Sergeant, and together they reminded me of Miss Jenny in Our Mutual Friend and Sergeant George from Bleak House. The over all feel of the book was along the lines of Under the Greenwood Tree/Far from the Madding Crowd. It's simple, full of satire and overall a sweet tale.

I love how this story went, for Porgy the story was magical, and really everyone who reads this will have to feel that happy bubbly feeling that the ending gives you. It may not be something that would happen in real life, but then, how many fictional stories do? If you have never read Farnol I think this is one of his best ones to start with. This or Over The Hills.

G rating There is a hand reading, smoking and a few swears, nothing else.

I'd love to have shown everyone the illustrated plates in this book but I can't find a picture online, anyhow they are lovely. I'd recommend finding an old copy rather than a new one just for those illustrations.
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OLT
4.0 de 5 estrellas For those who can handle rather archaic, old-fashioned prose, this 1911 rom-com is delightful.
Reseñado en los Estados Unidos el 28 de mayo de 2016
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Oh, the gems that one can uncover in the Kindle public domain romance listings. I also discover my ignorance of the history of romance novels this way. Sure, I know all about Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters and LORNA DOONE (See, can't even remember that author's name), etc., but who knew about Jeffrey Farnol (1878-1952)? And yet a cursory Google search tells me he wrote more than 40 romances, some formulaic Georgian or Regency novels and some swashbucklers and that he, along with Georgette Heyer, is credited with founding the Regency romantic genre.

This particular book is not one of those. It's a contemporary romance, one of the few CRs Farnol wrote, but, of course, now it's a historical romance read since it takes place in the very late 1890s or the very early 1900s and was released for publication in 1911 (the year my father was born so that should tell you how very old I am). At the beginning of the story American millionaire (really rich, like a billionaire today) living in England at the time, is nursing a broken heart at being dumped by his English "true love" Sylvia (for whom he's even named his yacht in which he traveled from America to follow her) so she can marry a duke.

So millionaire George Bellew sets out on a walking tour of England to try to get over his "Haunting Spectre of the Might Have Been." Well, George may have truckloads of money but it seems he just inherited it b/c he has spent most of his life rather indolently enjoying himself, traveling the world. No mention is made of making money, just enjoying it. This is not to say that George is an unpleasant, spoiled sort. Far from it, he's rather adorably charismatic.

But the point is that this indolence leads him to tire of walking on his walking tour and he sneaks a ride in a wagon. When he discovers George sleeping on the wagon, the waggoner is enraged and the two get into fisticuffs, with George the winner and an unlikely friendship strikes up. This also leads George to continuing his ride on the wagon as far as he can go. And that leads him to accidentally meeting a delightful child also of the name George, AKA Georgy-Porgy, who's off to Africa (you know how kids are) to seek a fortune so that his aunt Anthea can keep the farm she's about to lose.

And that leads George Bellow, now to be referred to as Uncle Porges, to go home with young Georgy-Porgy, now to be referred to as Small Porges, where Bellow meets lovely Anthea. Of course we know what's going to happen in this romance. It's not the plot that matters. It's the really delightful people, not only H, h and Small Porges, but many secondaries, such as Bellow's valet, Anthea's housekeeper, an old soldier with one arm who's been pining after the housekeeper for years, a handsome but unpleasant suitor for Anthea's hand, the waggoner mentioned earlier in this review, and even more.

This has some really witty dialogue and chuckle-worthy moments in it. It's a delightful romantic comedy that needs to be read slowly to savor it all. It's a rather superficial plot but it has many humorous and many touching moments. I love the relationship of Bellew and his valet, the romance between the soldier and the housekeeper and the relationship of Uncle Porges and Small Porges perhaps as much as the budding love between Bellew and Anthea.

This was a great find for me. But you have to enjoy old-fashioned writing style and vocabulary to fully appreciate it so I'm not recommending it across the board. It will probably appeal more to the "mature" (read "old" here) reader.
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Jerome Eade
4.0 de 5 estrellas A sentimental delight
Revisado en el Reino Unido el 19 de julio de 2013
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This is another example of Farnol's ability to hold the reader's interest throughout his tale. He is an author who is so good with words.
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5.0 de 5 estrellas Such an adorable little story!
Reseñado en los Estados Unidos el 8 de septiembre de 2020
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As in Jeffery Farnol stories this one is just packed with fascinating characters, some timely humor and a wonderful love story. What a wonderful book to read!
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