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Loading... The Four Men (1911)by Hilaire Belloc
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I expected something similar to Three Men in a Boat or Mr. Finchley Takes the Road and the premise of four men walking from pub to pub in Sussex with their anecdotes sounded attractive. Unfortunately the narrative is killed stone dead by leaden dialogue and dull characterization. The odd amusing moment, but I reached the end with some relief. no reviews | add a review
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Four men--Myself, Grizzlebeard, The Sailor, and The Poet--wander through the Sussex of 1902. Their comical adventures and perceptions celebrate the vanishing landscape of unspoilt rural England and a lifestyle soon to become obsolete. The four characters are all personifications of aspects of Belloc's own nature. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.912Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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But in both cases, there are guys on the move, talking about lots of things and meeting other characters along the way. There are delightful and thought-provoking conversations about poetry, and first love, and food & drink, and horses, and a politician selling his soul.
I enjoyed encountering passages such as: We looked northward to the hill of Mayfield, where St. Dunstan pulled the Devil by the nose; and they keep the tongs wherewith he did it in Mayfield to this day. And: In Sussex , let me tell you, we have but one cheese, the name of which is CHEESE. ( )