Charles James Lever (1806–1872)
Author of Harry Lorrequer
About the Author
Works by Charles James Lever
Irish Literature 12 copies
Con Cregan 7 copies
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 1): Harry Lorrequer, Tom Burke of "Ours." (with 24 illustrations) (1880) 6 copies
Tom Burke, part II 3 copies
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 2): The Knights of Gwynne, Davenport Dunn (with 30 illustrations) (1881) 3 copies
The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly 2 copies
The Works of Charles Lever (v. 3): Charles O'Malley, Jack Hinton (with 26 illustrations) (1881) 2 copies
Harry Lorrequer Volume I 2 copies
Jack Hinton, the guardsman Volume II 2 copies
The knight of Gwynne, part I 2 copies
Con O'Kelly 2 copies
Jack Hinton, the guardsman Volume 1 2 copies
Harry Lorrequer Volume II 2 copies
The knight of Gwynne, part II 2 copies
Sir Jasper Carew 2 copies
Martins of Cro' Martin Vol. II 2 copies
Paul Gossletts confessions 1 copy
The Daltons Vol. II 1 copy
Con Cregan's Legacy 1 copy
Arthur O'Leary 1 copy
Roland Cashel Vol. I 1 copy
Davenport Dunn Vol. I 1 copy
Luttrell of Arran Vol. I 1 copy
The Daltons Vol. I 1 copy
One of Them Vol. II 1 copy
Sire Brook Fossbroke Vol. I 1 copy
Barrinton Vol. I 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1806
- Date of death
- 1872
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
- Place of death
- Trieste, Italy
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA, MA, LLD)
Louvain University (MD) - Occupations
- physician
magazine editor
consul general
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Statistics
- Works
- 87
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 331
- Popularity
- #71,753
- Rating
- 3.4
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 94
How has it aged? In a word, fair. If you were to update the scenes to the present day it would likely make for a popular movie - one man's search for love (and money) gallivanting through Europe derailed by numerous distractions upon his journey.
It's quite a rambling novel, presented as a memoir of an English military officer on detachment to Ireland, the plot is quite flimsy, basically a stream of events with a meandering course and not a great deal of direction. It didn't really contain much in the way of description of how things were back in the day in terms of the functioning of civilisation, although there are a few pistol duels and numerous presentations of the horse and carriage.
Overall, it was fair a little cumbersome at times, but interesting in others. It has quite small and closely spaced font so the 344 pages is more like 700 if it were to use a modern typeface, margins and spacing.… (more)