Título: The Monikins (Illustrated)
Autor: James Fenimore Cooper
Sinopse: Although my ancestor was much too wise to refuse to look back upon his origin in a worldly point of view, he never threw his retrospective glances so far as to reach the sublime mystery of his moral existence; and while his thoughts might be said to be ever on the stretch to attain glimpses into the future, they were by far too earthly to extend beyond any other settling day than those which were regulated by the ordinances of the stock exchange. With him, to be born was but the commencement of a speculation, and to die was to determine the general balance of profit and loss. A man who had so rarely meditated on the grave changes of mortality, therefore, was consequently so much the less prepared to gaze upon the visible solemnities of a death-bed. Although he had never truly loved my mother, for love was a sentiment much too pure and elevated for one whose imagination dwelt habitually on the beauties of the stock-books, he had ever been kind to her, and of late he was even much disposed, as has already been stated, to contribute as much to her temporal comforts as comported with his pursuits and habits. On the other hand, the quiet temperament of my mother required some more exciting cause than the affections of her husband, to quicken those germs of deep, placid, womanly love, that certainly lay dormant in her heart, like seed withering with the ungenial cold of winter. The last
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Monikins (Illustrated)”, de James Fenimore Cooper, publicado pela editora BookRix, em 2014 e com 570 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: BookRix
Páginas: 570
Ano: 2014
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Linguagem: pt_BR
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ISBN13: 9783736805699
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora BookRix apresentam uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas que transitam entre o romance emocional e o suspense policial, com incursões em fantasia, aventura e literatura infantil. O catálogo revela histórias que exploram relações humanas intensas, como amores em situações adversas, e tramas de mistério ambientadas em cidades reais, com um ritmo que varia do envolvimento sentimental ao clima de tensão crescente. Além disso, há obras que abordam temas históricos e culturais com um tom didático, ampliando o espectro para leitores interessados em contextos variados. A diversidade de gêneros sugere um equilíbrio entre narrativas mais narrativas e outras com um enfoque mais informativo ou reflexivo.
