Il ragazzo rapito
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Ambientato in Scozia negli anni delle guerre civili che seguirono la rivolta giacobita del 1745, Il ragazzo rapito (1886) è un romanzo d’avventura che ha per protagonista un giovane intrepido e franco, David Balfour, fiero di partecipare a vicende che coinvolgono uomini temerari, e di cavarsela lottando con loro da pari a pari, proprio come Jim nell’Isola del tesoro e Dick nella Freccia nera. Stevenson dispiega nella narrazione i suoi temi più tipici: l’appartenenza a civiltà diverse, adombrata nello scontro tra presbiteriani e cattolici; la figura dell’adolescente orfano alle prese con parenti rapaci; il ruolo provvidenziale del mentore che qui veste i panni di un romantico fuorilegge, Alan Breck, su cui David saggerà la propria coscienza morale e con cui instaurerà un legame profondo e duraturo nonostante le diverse fedi politiche e religiose. Storia picaresca in forma di autobiografia, direttamente ispirata dalla lettura dell’Huckleberry Finn di Mark Twain, Il ragazzo rapito è un inno ai valori della lealtà e dell’amicizia fraterna al di là delle barriere ideologiche.
- ISBN: 8811361737
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 304
- Data di uscita: 20-06-2003
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You are seventeen Mr. David Balfour, alone in the world of 1751, in troubled Scotland, a futile bloody revolt was crushed a few years ago, by England, the parents are no more, father never spoke about his family, or the distant past , the poor, quiet introvert, a widowed school master, of the lowlan Leggi tutto
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." We find ourselves in Bonny old Scotland - circa June 1751 - King George and the red-coats rule this empire. Following on from the Jacobite Revolution; we are introduced to an i Leggi tutto
This is in the olden days when there wasn’t anything except boats and cows. No phones, no movies, nothing. Who would want to live there, right? But see some people did, and they had to or we wouldn't be here with all our stuff. They had to like go without so we could rock and roll. That's deep. So fo Leggi tutto
I read an illustrated and abridged version of this when I was a kid. Now reading the unabridged version as an adult I really liked it. The story is solid, the characters are meaningful and interact well, and the plot was good and comprehensible. There is nothing deep or subliminal about this. That's Leggi tutto
”The woman’s face lit up with a malignant anger. ‘That is the house of Shaw!’ she cried. ‘Blood built it; blood stopped the building of it; blood shall bring it down. See here!’ she cried again---’I spit upon the ground, and crack my thumb at it! Black be its fall!’” David Balfour’s father has died, Leggi tutto
A classic adventure story set in 18th century Jacobite Rebellion Scotland After the death of his father, David Balfour is sent to meet his Uncle Ebenezer for advice and guidance and perhaps some token assistance to set him on the road to adult life. But David’s discovery that his father was the elder Leggi tutto
Thumping good read at any age! Not sure how many times I have read it. A family favorite especially of my oldest son.
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