Пенрод-сыщик

Penrod #3

by Booth Tarkington, Бус Таркинтон, Антон Иванов (Translator)

Эта знаменитая американская трилогия о "потрясающем мальчике" попадала в нашу страну дважды - в 20-х годах вышла первая часть, и те, кто смог ее прочитать, запомнили на всю жизнь великолепные и смешные приключения Пенрода Скофилда А потом... Потом эти книги вместе с поставками по ленд-лизу привезли в дар "героическому советскому народу от людей Америки". И вот теперь, полвека спустя, они, наконец, издаются полностью. Прочитав эти книги, мальчики и девочки узнают много интересного о самих себе, а родители, которым мы советуем тоже прочитать эти книги, смогут взглянуть по-новому на своих детей-подростков и их проблемы.

Для младшего и среднего школьного возраста.

Genres: Fiction, Classics, Humor, Childrens

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1929

About the author

Newton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction/Novel more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike and Colson Whitehead. Although he is little read now, in the 1910s and 1920s he was considered America's greatest living author.

Reviews

[Mary Gaudette · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun throw back to a bygone age. I must say it didn't really get going for me til over a third of the way in; but once I found the storyline moving along it was highly amusing. Maybe more amusing for an adult than a young boy, however.

[DúviAurvandil Ericsson e Pereira · Rating 4 out of 5]

While not as laugh-out-loud funny as his other two 'Penrod' books, Tarkington still tells a delightful and fun romp into the world of imaginative and rambunctious boyhood here. There was at least a chuckle a chapter, numerous grins and giggles, and a few true loud laughs.

[Fellini · Rating 2 out of 5]

Будь я вполовину младше - оценка была бы выше. А так, одноразовая книжка для чтения без напряжения. Весёлая, занятная, но очень уж детская.

[Tom Loomis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Captures the essence of boyness — fantasy life is incredibly rich but reality pokes its head in at awkward moments, inquisitive minds engage the world around them, there is almost complete unawareness of the impact of their behavior on those they encounter, and they are continually coping with crises of their own making. Parents are arbitrary autocrats, girls are enticing and confusing, and a best friend is a best friend, whether it be boy or dog.

[David T · Rating 3 out of 5]

More Penrod and structured differently than the other two books. Fun for sure, but not great. Maybe I am getting Tarkingtoned out. With all his works out of copywright I did purchase the complete works of Booth Tarkington (but it isn't all of them..) for about $6 for my Nook. Apparently he wrote The Magnificent Ambersons! I have never seen that movie, and think I will read it once I have a little Tarkington break.

[K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still funny, but not as funny as the first two. The ending flopped badly; the last chapter, which functions more as an epilogue, is neither humorous nor necessary, and when reading it aloud to the kids I will skip it.

[Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely hysterical, insightful, and fun all around. Tarkington knew how to tell a good tale about small boys and how everything makes sense in their own little world, where grasshoppers chew tobacco, dogs are full-blooded, and horse tails can grow into snakes if you leave them in a bottle.

[Michael Hilbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book I ever read, somewhere around 1970. My father bought it for me because he read it as a boy.

[Jack Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outdated but good summer fun

If you like to laugh and appreciate the feel of an early 20th century summer in small-town America, complete with two mischievous but harmless boys, you must get a copy of this charming book, and series, and treat yourself to some lighthearted fun from a century ago.

[David Wolowsky · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was very young. Perhaps fourth grade. I couldn't give it an honest review at this time. I only remember that I loved all of the Penrod books.

[Kenneth · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third of the author's three Penrod novels, I read this one many years after reading the first two (Penrod, and Penrod and Sam). Those I read in my junior high/high school years, because my parents had copies of them. Penrod Jashber I came across in a store with a used books section and picked it up - I hadn't known that it existed prior to finding it. Anyway, in the novel, Penrod and his buddies start a detective agency with quite amusing results.

[Trish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun adventures of Penrod and Sam getting up a detective agency. The author did make a very interesting comment....'boys, of whom nearly all human truth may be learned -- that once we judge, we no longer possess judgment."

[Zack · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Claudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as "Penrod" or "Penrod and Sam."

[Jennifer McMaster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious!

[Joey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very entertaining!

[Alexandra Bogdanovic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perhaps I feel this way because I read three Penrod books in a row -- but by the time I finished this I felt the chief character's exploits were wearing a little thin. Nevertheless, it was entertaining and refreshing for its ongoing lack of political correctness. Officially 3.5 stars.