- Gebundene Ausgabe: 368 Seiten
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co; Auflage: Reprint. (November 1994)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 039303710X
- ISBN-13: 978-0393037104
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 15,2 x 3,3 x 21,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.2 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (9 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 923.698 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for Cape Horn, determined to intercept an American frigate before it can wreak havoc on the British whaling trade. As always, he is accompanied by intelligence operative Stephen Maturin, and as always, Aubrey has no idea of what his companion is up to. Another impeccably written adventure, by the end of which you should be able to identify a mizzen topsail in your sleep.
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Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for Cape Horn, determined to intercept an American frigate before it can wreak havoc on the British whaling trade. As always, he is accompanied by intelligence operative Stephen Maturin, and as always, Aubrey has no idea of what his companion is up to. Another impeccably written adventure, by the end of which you should be able to identify a mizzen topsail in your sleep.
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'Pass the word for Captain Aubrey, pass the word for Captain Aubrey,' cried a sequence of voices, at first dim and muffled far aft on the flagship's maindeck, then growing louder and more distinct as the call wafted up to the quarterdeck and so along the gangway to the forecastle, where Captain Aubrey stood by the starboard thirty-two-pounder carronade contemplating the Emperor of Morocco's purple galley as it lay off Jumper's Bastion with the vast grey and tawny Rock of Gibraltar soaring behind it, while Mr Blake, once a puny member of his midshipman's berth but now a tall, stout lieutenant almost as massive as his former captain, explained the new carriage he had invented, a carriage that should enable carronades to fire twice as fast, with no fear of oversetting, twice as far, and with perfect accuracy, thus virtually putting an end to war. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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'Pass the word for Captain Aubrey, pass the word for Captain Aubrey,' cried a sequence of voices, at first dim and muffled far aft on the flagship's maindeck, then growing louder and more distinct as the call wafted up to the quarterdeck and so along the gangway to the forecastle, where Captain Aubrey stood by the starboard thirty-two-pounder carronade contemplating the Emperor of Morocco's purple galley as it lay off Jumper's Bastion with the vast grey and tawny Rock of Gibraltar soaring behind it, while Mr Blake, once a puny member of his midshipman's berth but now a tall, stout lieutenant almost as massive as his former captain, explained the new carriage he had invented, a carriage that should enable carronades to fire twice as fast, with no fear of oversetting, twice as far, and with perfect accuracy, thus virtually putting an end to war. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Throughout his brilliant Aubrey/Maturin series, O'Brian has delighted his readers with the uneasy juxtaposition of order and chaos. The tension between the two reaches a fever pitch in "The Far Side of the World."
The title itself resonates with the struggle. Perhaps it had a literal meaning during the Age of Sail but, today, with jet travel and the internet changing our entire conception of time and space, the phrase seems archaic, as though the natural order we so take for granted is about to be stood on its head, and O'Brian is, indeed, taking us to the "far side"-- into a dark, chaotic world dimly perceived, little understood.
For O'Brian, a single, solitary female is usually enough to create tension and discord in an otherwise well regulated Man of War. That happens with Mrs. Wogan in "Desolation Island" and Clarissa Oaks in "The Truelove". Both women are stand-ins for the ultimate female provocateur of the entie series, Diane Villiers, who nearly destroys Aubrey's career in "Post Captain" and temporarily turns Maturin into a heart broken opium eater.
But in "The Far Side", 19-year old Mrs. Horner creates more than tension and discord aboard the HMS Surprise. Her adulterous affair leads to utter chaos and despair. O'Brian seemingly ties the entire plot together with the letter "H". There's Mr & Mrs. Horner, Hollum (the adulterer), Higgins (the abortionist), Howard (the callous, blood-thirsty marine,) and last but not least, the Greek Tragedian, Homer. The poetical Lt. Mowett is reading the Iliad, and on a dark, stormy night Maturin opines that Homer's Iliad is not only, "...the great epic of the world...," it is also, "a continued outcry against adultery."
Although he has no "H", the ventriloquist, Comptom, is all about chaos. His ability to project his voice in a shrill, inhuman fashion is another blow to the natural order. After one weird stunt right in front of no one less than the Captain, Aubrey tells Maturin, "It was the strangest experience: there he was, telling me things to my face as though he were invisible."
Later, at night, Jack Aubrey botches a familiar violin transition and Maturin admits that, "I was uneasy in my mind before we ever sat down; and for once music has not answered." For Maturin to admit that his playing with Aubrey for once "has not answered"-- he's saying a lot! Their music binds the two together. Music is how they express their devotion to one another book after book. And, now, the beauty and internal logic of music, which is somehow related to the system of math and the harmonic path of planets and stars, which in turn, are the well-spring of time and navigation-- well, all of it is out of sorts.
The sweet balm of music is so much wormwood for Maturin because, not only is there adultery aboard ship, Maturin has been receiving malicious letters from home alleging the infidelity of his wife, Diane Villiers.
Adultery, in short, is chaos. And adultery, abortion and murder coalesce in one of the eeriest scenes I can recall from the entire series. Howard shoots a baby manatee, and that night its mother commences a human-like wail for its child, circling the ship and spooking the entire crew. Not even "time" can stand the strain anymore. A marine sentinel caught up in the terror forgets to flip the watch glass and Aubrey cries out, "God's my life. What the devil are you thinking of? Turn the glass and strike the bell."
If you're racing through the Aubrey/Maturin series, strike your topgallants and drift awhile through the waters of "The Far Side". It's quite a voyage!
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When reading the Aubrey/Maturin series it is hard to think that perhaps any one book is better then the rest. Because of O'Brians brilliant use of language and subtlety, the best book always seems to be the one you have most recently put down. This seems to be the case until you read The Far side of the World. This book has all the elements that you love about the series - great dialogue, authentic naval warfare, love, intrigue, and more - all rolled into one. O'Brian is able to present early 19th century life to you in a way that can only be equalled by primary sources. I would recommend that you read the series in order , but if you had to read just one make it The Far Side of the World.
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Another good tale that follows some little known historical events and the tremendous dangers seafarers faced. Fun to see the Galapagos Islands before Darwin with hints of what's to come. There are fascinating details on whales and whaling that would interest even landlubbers. Some quite surprising twists, from lesbian cannibals of Polynesia to 18th abortion procedures again shows the wonderful depth of O'Brian's storytelling. A very fun read.
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Into The Pacific
Another good tale that follows some little known historical events and the tremendous dangers seafarers faced. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. Juni 2000 von "ussdeming"
Not the best in the series
As a fan of O'Brian I liked this book, but even I had to admit I found this one very uneventful except for its brief moments. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Mai 2000 von Robin C. Smith
Huh?
This was the first book of the series that I've tried and this book did not catch my interest. Maybe I would have enjoyed it if I'd read some of the earlier ones but this book was... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. Januar 2000 von a reader
Best so far
Reading this series in order, this is the latest I have come to, and the best thus far. While I have enjoyed all of the books (I found them often slow to start, but invariably... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Gripping and well written
An excellent addition to the Aubrey Maturin series. I would highly recommend it to any fan of the sea faring genre. In addition much reference is made to culture and naturalism. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Dezember 1998 von hcpetersen@aol.com
Perhaps the best installment of a superb series.
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin voyage to unfamiliar waters, chasing an American frigate around Cape Horn, up the South American coast to the Galapagos and into the South Pacific. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Juli 1996 veröffentlicht
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