Captains Courageous (Bantam Classics) by Rudyard Kipling (EPUB)

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The only one of Kipling’s novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature’s most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire’s son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner–only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy’s second voyage into the rugged rites and ways of sailors. Like all Kipling’s masterworks, Captains Courageous is an interweaving of art and moral purpose. Angus Wilson has said that it shows “delicacy of craft and violence of feeling, exactitude and wile impressionism, subtlety and true innocence.” A popular favorite since its first publication in 1897, the novel remains a classic story of youthful initiation–and a lively tribute to the author’s famous code of bravery, loyalty, and honor among men.

User’s Reviews

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐A random jumble of words that make no sense. An absolutely worthless version and a complete waste of money. It reads like it was translated into bad Chinese and then back to bad English by a cheap online translation robot. A distinct disservice to a wonderful book. A ripoff for sure with no means to get a refund.

⭐This is a great old story and if you can get past the incorrect spelling of a lot of the words then you will enjoy it.I know the book is written this way because it is using the exact pronunciations of a character that spoke English as a second language and showcased it’s period in time when filmed in 1937. So if you don’t mind getting around that you are going to enjoy the story.Personally I kept stumbling around the words since was unaccustomed to the incorrect spelled words.

⭐I realize Rudyard Kipling wrote this 122 years ago but we, in our book club, all agreed it was a very “”hard” read due to the terminology, local fishermen talk…hard to even pronounce the words that were part of their conversations…..we all agreed it was too hard to grasp…..voted on watching the movie…which I’ve seen a dozen times in my lifetime…

⭐Refreshing; a transport back to a time and place when hard work is required, children mature quickly, reversals of fortune are dramatic, and where the least of us has an important role to play in the overall scheme of things. Life aboard a commercial fishing vessel in the nineteenth century was brutal: requiring hard, hard work, sleeplessness, constant physical danger, unforgiving conditions, and where the workplace is populated by sturdy, ruthless people. Big business interests, similarly. A story of survival at the school of hard knocks.

⭐This is a great story, a classic. However, the publisher (I’m assuming) managed to have a TON of typographical errors which made the story harder to read, especially since it is in a vernacular that is already difficult to follow. Great story, but I would look for a copy from another publisher.

⭐Love Kipling and love Captains Courageous so, on a whim, I bought this leather-bound version for $20 because I saw that it had been priced at $200. It’s $50 as I write this on Dec. 1, 2008.Well, it’s leather bound and it’s legible and it’s Kipling, but I guess I don’t know enough about leather binding to know if I really got a good deal or what. My philosophy is always by hardback so I’m glad I purchased this book (I got Just So Stories too), but besides from being leather, they’re otherwise plain-jane.The only thing I definitely didn’t like (why I subtracted a star) is that these are part of a numbered collection, and the number is embossed on the spine so it’s obvious that I only have volumes 12 and 20.That being said, I’m going to buy more (maybe someday all of them) if they get back down to $20 apiece. My OCD compels it and I want to have the entire Kipling collection too.

⭐Great Kids book! Teaches a good lesson! Found out in an interview that Levar Burton found this book to be pivotal to him as a young reader so I got a picture with him holding it.

⭐Everything arrived on time and as advertised

⭐I rarely read classics. I find them too wordy and full of too much prose. Too much description of the curtains and the carpets but Kipling sets the picture without fussiness.A great dip into Kipling’s great legacy if you like sea adventures.

⭐I absolutely loved this book. If you like sea adventures, coming of age books, this is for you. It’s a lovely story and a very satisfying read, although a word of warning if you are buying this as a present! I bought it for someone and they just couldn’t get on with it because of the heavy use of dialect in the writing. In the beginning I too found this a little hard but I soon got used to it although I can see why some readers don’t like it, it can ruin the flow of a story etc and often writers just suggest the dialect, but for me, it only made it more realistic. Highly recommended reading.

⭐Quite a difficult read because of all the dialects and technical terms. This particular copy has had the paragraphs removed so it is just one long piece of text apart from the chapters. There is not much plot but a great deal of brilliant description of the sea and ships.

⭐classic

⭐Every boy should read this book it’s first class

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