The children reach an unknown island and they call it Wild Cat Island. Middle part of the novel novelist gives the image of an unknown island and also a series of adventures which symbolizes the geographical explorations which happened in 15th and 16th century. The novelist has succeeded in creating a sense of reality and authenticity in his work. Critics notice that a reader can see the extensive features of both the characters and the events can be traced back to the events in the author’s life.Most of the places mentioned in the novel are the places where Ransom spent his childhood. In his novel Arthur Ransom demonstrates the world of adventure by the Walker and Blacket children.Īnalyzing the novel Swallows and Amazons a reader can find that the author depicts the most realistic dishonesty of childhood and the conflict between youthful imagination and reality. In this paper the researcher makes a comparative study about the use of realism and fantastic in three novels.Swallows and Amazons is the first book in a series of children’s books written by Arthur Ransom.
Child adventures and wanderings were an inevitable part of child life in most of the European countries during 18th and 19th centuries. Middle of the nineteenth century is often regarded the golden age of children’s literature in English.ĭuring this period most of the children’s literary works gave emphasis to children’s happiness and imagination. “An inevitable consequence of the way that children’s literature came in to being was that a certain restraint has been imposed on children’s writers in the realist condition when it comes to topics such as terror, politics and sex” ( Hunt, 1990). 1 Kg.Most of these works discuss the sensitive and controversial themes such as drugs, teenage pregnancy, political events and physical attack and abandoned children. Separated, captured, miles from home, the Swallows and Amazons are about to meet their fate and the pirate who holds it: the legendary Missee Lee." Subjects Children's stories. Dive into a thrilling tale of exploration, mystery and survival in this awesome new take on the classic novel, Swallows And Amazons Spending their summer in the Lake District, the story follows the inventive, daring and often treacherous adventures that two groups of mischievous young siblings get up to on a lake over the summer holidays. Until the day that Gibber the monkey accidentally sinks the faithful Wild Cat. A friendly harbourmaster has given them a warning: to watch out for pirates roaming the waters around the Chinese coast, but they haven't paid much heed. It's been plain sailing for a hundred ports and now they are on their way to China. 'Don't run into Missee Lee!'" The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint are on a round-the-world voyage. Summary In the tenth instalment of the Swallows and Amazons series, the young crew come face-to-face with the fiercest pirate of the South China Seas. Sequel to "Swallows and Amazons." Title blind stamped on front cover spine title and author's name stamped in gilt. Physical description 9-336 p., 1 leaf of plates : ill. Remains quite well-preserved overall tight, bright, clean and strong.
Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved.
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