- Hardcover: 425 pages
- Publisher: Modern Library; Unknown edition (1950)
- Language: English
- ASIN: B0006ASHDG
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 703 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 stars
For history buffs and Victorian Lit die-hards,
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This review is from: Penguin Classics History Of Henry Esmond (Mass Market Paperback)
This novel chronicles the politics of government and religion at this time. If you are familiar with English history during this period, this novel will make a whole lot more sense, and if you are interested in it, this novel will be a whole lot more enjoyable. Many pages digress from the main narrative to give historical context, so if you can't stand that sort of thing, this book is not for you.This is not a gripping novel. The odd time I found myself turning pages quickly, but other times I was skimming paragraphs and looking to see how many pages were left until I could get the thing over with. The first-third person narration can be confusing at times and in some ways is just plain bizarre. Some readers will be annoyed with the protagonist's never-ending obsession with the daughter. If you enjoy historical novels, dry details excite you and you have a burning desire to read as many Victorian novels as you can put your hands on (the latter applies to me), this novel is for you.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Masterpiece,
By David Snyder (Zurich, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Penguin Classics History Of Henry Esmond (Mass Market Paperback)
Although for some reason forgotten by the US public, "The History of Henry Esmond" is one of the finest books ever written in English language. May be it has lost its luster because it offers no excess of blood-spilling and sexual adventures, but instead finds its way to describe the deepest and most vulnerable chambers of the human heart. I have read a handful of books, be it in English, French, German or Russian, that described the human strengths and weaknesses while tying them to a character one can relate to with such skill. People who do not like it, it seems, are just shamed by the morals offered in such a book, and are quick to forget it. I read "Henry Esmond" when I was a young boy, and now, half a century later, it hasn't lost a beat.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Esmond,
By A Customer
This review is from: Penguin Classics History Of Henry Esmond (Mass Market Paperback)
In the minds of some, justifiably the finest novel in the English language. The neglect this novel has suffered is appalling. Requirement: a mind for detail, a sympathy for history, an artistic sensibility. Read it at least twice. Only one reader in a thousand will remember the button reference on the last line. A pity that this book should be out-of-print. Pater thought it a perfect work of fiction. Trollope thought it was unsurpassed.
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