- Hardcover: 323 pages
- Publisher: Buccaneer Books (May 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0899663745
- ISBN-13: 978-0899663746
- Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 14.4 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 399 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened. I deserved your reproach: a hundred times I have wished to tell you the whole story of my travels and adventures among the savages, and one of the reasons which prevented me was the fear that it would have an unfortunate effect on our friendship. That was precious, and I desired above everything to keep it. But I must think no more about that now. I must think only of how I am to tell you my story. I will begin at a time when I was twenty-three. It was early in life to be in the thick of politics, and in trouble to the extent of having to fly my country to save my liberty, perhaps my life. Every nation, someone remarks, has the government it deserves, and Venezuela certainly has the one it deserves and that suits it best. We call it a republic, not only because it is not one, but also because a thing must have a name; and to have a good name, or a fine name, is very convenient-especially when you want to borrow money. If the Venezuelans, thinly distributed over an area of half a million square miles, mostly illiterate peasants, half-breeds, and indigenes, were educated, intelligent men, zealous only for the public weal, it would be possible for them to have a real republic.
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Ian Duncan is Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor of English at the University of Oregon.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A Victorian Romantic,
By Nicole Bradshaw "Nicole Bradshaw" (Jackson, MS USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Green Mansions (Paperback)
We read this book for a class that I took on Victorian naturalism, and it was probably one of the books we studied that I liked the most. Although Hudson is an accomplished scientist in his own right, he weaves that expertise together with a mysterious, romantic story about a daring explorer traveling through unknown lands. A few of his characters are rather fantastical, true, but somehow Hudson makes sure you are along for the ride. Hudson's love of ornithology and respect for the wild places of the world can be found on almost every page. The book is a quick read, too, but you'll still be thinking about it once you've read it.
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HUDSON'S OBSURE CLASSIC IS A JEWEL !,
This review is from: Green Mansions (Paperback)
This obscure classic is a jewel!I first read it when I was about 10 years old, and I never forgot the love story of Abel, a political refugee from Venezuala and Rima, the last of a race of exotic, mystical, bird-like people.If I could rate Green Mansions past 5 stars, I would use all the stars in our universe to convince you to read it!
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Romantic Naturalism,
By Nicole Bradshaw "Nicole Bradshaw" (Jackson, MS USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Green Mansions (Paperback)
Hudson, a noted naturalist during the Romantic/Victorian periods, grew up in the wild Pampas, and this book reflects a fascination with nature that most likely began during his childhood. Themes of civilzation vs. savagery and the untouched beauty of the tropics vs. development are found throughout Green Mansions, but these issues are encased in a love story that holds notes of mystery, fantasy, and romanticism.While the novel provides a good introduction to the naturalist writings of this period (and a much easier read than most of the more scientific prose being written at the time), I thought that the ending was not as developed as the rest of the book, in addition to being highly unsatisfying. The novel does, however, offer wonderful descriptions of the wild forests of the region, and develops fantastical characters, particularly in the case of Rima, the primary female character.
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