Under the southern cross Elizabeth Robins Books
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Under the southern cross Elizabeth Robins Books
This story was written by American actress and author Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952. In this 1907 novelette, Blanche, an American, is on a ship, the “San Miguel,” traveling from Frisco to New York City via exotic Central America. She meets a Peruvian nobleman of German descent, he falls for her, and she views him with a squinty eye, because, I believe, Blanche is a modern, independent woman and men are suspect, in her view.This is a half-hearted humorous story, though a little difficult to read with great smoothness because of Robins’ heavy use of a German-Spanish accent for her nobleman, Baron Guillermo de Bach. Let’s read a couple excerpts in his voice:
"No, I am a loaver, Blanca, not von cold Nordthern zhentleman, who haf so leedle heart it can be hush, and zo dthin, poor blood it nefer rush fire at a voman's touch. Blanca, I haf been still for days, vaiting for dthis hour. I loaf you, darling, till all my life is nodthing but von longing—I loaf you till I haf no conscience, no religion but my loaf. No, you shall not spik now! Blanca, you must marry me, here in Guatemala. You and I go not back to San Miguel unless you air my vife."
"If you vant me to haf it, Señorita, write me and I vill come from dthe end of dthe vorld to get it. But you vill not, zo put dthis Inca eye beside it. Dthey zay in my country it bring gude luck. But it look like dthat sun ve haf ofer our heads in Acapulco Bay, dthink you not zo, Madame?"
I like stories that include realistic accents, because they help make the characters real. When half of a story is written thusly, however, it slows down the action and more time is taken in translation.
Overall, this is an alright story; just be avare dat dere ess much uf dzat accentah in dthat pages.
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Under the southern cross Elizabeth Robins Books Reviews
Elizabeth Robins is one of those writers almost forgotten in time however, with todays suppression of woman's rights it is on target and will be rediscovered. It is a real hoot to read.
This story was written by American actress and author Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952. In this 1907 novelette, Blanche, an American, is on a ship, the “San Miguel,” traveling from Frisco to New York City via exotic Central America. She meets a Peruvian nobleman of German descent, he falls for her, and she views him with a squinty eye, because, I believe, Blanche is a modern, independent woman and men are suspect, in her view.
This is a half-hearted humorous story, though a little difficult to read with great smoothness because of Robins’ heavy use of a German-Spanish accent for her nobleman, Baron Guillermo de Bach. Let’s read a couple excerpts in his voice
"No, I am a loaver, Blanca, not von cold Nordthern zhentleman, who haf so leedle heart it can be hush, and zo dthin, poor blood it nefer rush fire at a voman's touch. Blanca, I haf been still for days, vaiting for dthis hour. I loaf you, darling, till all my life is nodthing but von longing—I loaf you till I haf no conscience, no religion but my loaf. No, you shall not spik now! Blanca, you must marry me, here in Guatemala. You and I go not back to San Miguel unless you air my vife."
"If you vant me to haf it, Señorita, write me and I vill come from dthe end of dthe vorld to get it. But you vill not, zo put dthis Inca eye beside it. Dthey zay in my country it bring gude luck. But it look like dthat sun ve haf ofer our heads in Acapulco Bay, dthink you not zo, Madame?"
I like stories that include realistic accents, because they help make the characters real. When half of a story is written thusly, however, it slows down the action and more time is taken in translation.
Overall, this is an alright story; just be avare dat dere ess much uf dzat accentah in dthat pages.
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