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Title: Green Mansions--A Romance of the Tropical Forest by Hudson, Indy Publications ISBN: 1404304606 Publisher: Indypublish.Com Pub. Date: 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83
Rating: 4
Summary: Romantic and Superiority
Comment: William Henry Hudson's novel Green Mansions is an exotic romance that takes place in the South American rainforest. The novel is written from the perspective of Abel, a young man who had to leave the city he was living in for political reasons. During his time in the rainforest he meets Rima, who he describes as a bird-like girl, and her grandfather Nuflo. Despite these two, Abel mainly interacts with the Indians with whom he was living before he met Rima and Nuflo. The Indians are mostly referred to as savages.
Green Mansions mainly focuses on the intimation of love and death, and the romanticism of nature versus the disturbing influences of civilization. However, Abel does not see any living creature during his stay in the rainforest as equal to him. He thinks of himself as superior to the Indians, Nuflo, and to Rima as well. He bases his sense of superiority on a better education, a greater intelligence, as well as a better physical condition. This sense of superiority is kept throughout the novel. However, his arrogance is one way to deal with his insecurity about many situations. Abel only seems to feel secure if he sees himself as superior to everybody else. This is the reason why he defines superiority based on the situation. Sometimes superiority is referred to as greater intelligence and in other cases as physical superiority. The way he uses superiority depends on the way it is easier for him to define himself as superior.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hauntingly Beautiful Tale of the Rain Foest
Comment: I first read this when I was 13 or 14 and never forgot the story. I just reread it 40 years later while vacationing in Central America, the perfect place for a tale of the rain forest. The language is exquisite - not a quick read, for I wanted to absorb the beauty of the descriptions and details. I recommend this to anyone with an interest in nature, for it is not only a wonderful love story, but also a vivid description of the Venezuelan rain forest and its indigenous people.
Rating: 5
Summary: A beautifully told tale
Comment: Those of you who have read Rand Johnson's "Arcadia Falls - A Fable" will find interesting parallels here, albeit in a Victorian idiom, as Hudson presents a moving and mysterious romance against a backdrop of great natural beauty, in this case the South American jungle.
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Title: LOST HORIZON by James Hilton ISBN: 0671664271 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ISBN: 0812564839 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Red Delta: Fighting for Life at the End of the Colorado River by Charles Bergman, Rodger Schlickeisen ISBN: 1555914608 Publisher: Fulcrum Pub Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Green Mansions (Oxford World's Classics) by Ian Duncan, William Hudson ISBN: 0192832883 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Mill on the Floss (Oxford World's Classics) by George Eliot, Gordon S. Haight, Dinah Birch ISBN: 0192833642 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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