Белый Вождь

by Thomas Mayne Reid

"Angliiskii pisatel' Tomas Main Rid (1818-1883) izvesten svoimi prikliuchencheskimi romanami, povestvuiuschimi o bor'be i stradaniiakh korennogo naroda Ameriki. V ego knigakh romanticheskii oreol podviga, sluzheniia, otvagi protivopostavlen seroi, budnichnoi zhizni. Proizvedeniiam svoistvenny dramatizm, napriazhennost', siuzheta, otchaiannye situatsii, kotorye preodolevaiut geroi, a takzhe realisticheskie zarisovki byta i nravov daleko ushedshei epokhi. V dannom tome predstavleny romany ""Belyi vozhd'"" i ""Perst sud'by"".... .. "

Genres: Adventure, Fiction, Classics, Childrens, American, Novels, The United States Of America

384 pages

First published January 1, 1855

About the author

"Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a great admirer of Lord Byron. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica.

Reviews

[Калоян Захариев · Rating 3 out of 5]

Това е първия ми контакт с автор, за който само съм слушал. "Белият вожд" е класически приключенски роман, който донякъде мога да сравня с творбите на Карл Май. Авторът описва един див мексикански Запад от времето преди американско-мексиканската война. "Белият вожд" е история за любов, диво отмъщение и много смърт. Признавам си, славата на автора е напълно оправдана.

[Vira · Rating 4 out of 5]

Цікава книзя. Пішла трохи краще, ніж Всадник без головы, може тому, що я вже була готова до манери автора викладати хід сюжету. Завершення трохи здивувало, бо очікувала чогось іншого, але хто ж мені винен :-) Назвала б я її Карлос, мисливець на бізонів, напевно, бо вождем він був по тексту геть небагато, і якось так ...побіжно.
Легке читання для щоденних поїздочок на роботу і з неї. Коли не соромно, що не заглиблюєшся в переживання персонажів усім єством (сильно там заглибишся, коли трясе на наших дорогах, ага), а пробігаєш сторінками, як той мустанг прерією. Така вона, доля деяких книг у деяких руках :-)

[Lucy Diamond · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for children. I was so in love with Carlos

[G.E.M.Simov · Rating 2 out of 5]

Real Score: 5/10

This book is similar to Arkansas Trappers, but is better - it reflects the reality of life at that time and in that place, as well as the socio-cultural peculiarities of it; it does suffer from having the, effectively, same villain, with the same motivations, but this one is more fleshed out and far more insidious. the way women are looked upon is so unnerving, and it is done as a means of making these villains unlikeable, that the whole thing is a condemnation of misogyny that is not active and understood as such, via self-identification of the misogynist as a misogynist, but as a passive misogyny that is not even perceived as such, bus as commons sense; the book also features racism, of the type that is venomous and implicit - there are some races that are simply prone to being sly and liars, according to this here book; it is really good at telling of the peculiarities of life in Mexico at the time that is being described, but it struggles in every other regard; the language of the book is pleasant, but at the same time feels too flowery and too slow, too winding and meandering for the straight-forward, bereft of depth concepts that are being explored; the ending was rather unexpected and had an unpleasantly abrupt aspect

[Maksym · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a decent book with a mediocre story told about a man who appears episodically and with agenda not that different from his enemies (at least in my book stealing someone's daughter is an indecent deed), sprinkled with well-crafted storytelling tropes apart from the inconsistent tempo of narration and some interesting quirks of Mexican life back then. The book is likeable, it is engaging and easy to follow. I would have loved for the climax and resolution to be detailed slightly more, but alas. Breaking the infamous wall was ok-ish but could be done better. Borderline 3-4 stars, rather a 3.75

[Eli · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5☆

"Ja vīrietis tiešām īsti ieķēries, nav spēka viņu atturēt no tās vietas, kur mīt viņa mīļotā"

Nebija tik slikti. Sāku jau pierast pie garajiem vietu un personu aprakstiem. Nedomāju gan, ka šis būs stāsts, kas man ilgi paliks atmiņā, bet man patika. Notikumu gaita nebija ātra, bet kopumā bija labi. Ik pa laikam vajag kādu šādu mīlas piedzīvojumu palasīt :) (man laikam vienkārši ir fāze, kur man patīk indiāņu un tā laika darbi) .

[Khalil Khabibullin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok, it was promised to be one of the best novels in the history, but felt to me as reading a typical soap opera. I used to what Santa Barbara and this is pretty much it. I might not be getting it. I guess the depiction of emotions and feelings of people is quite good, but still not good enough for me to like it too much.

[Tina · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fantasies of a racist man who thinks is better than everyone else, takes no responsibility and justifies all kinds of evil because he was hurt once. The main character literally massacred a whole town, including innocent children (while saving his girl's dad ofc) and felt entitled to it.

[Zhenya Ryzhkova · Rating 2 out of 5]

Герой - обязательно красавец, честный, благородный, на все руки мастер и просто Умничка. Его оппонент - подлый, трусливый, алчный пьяница.
Персонажи максимально плоские, история предсказуемая и наполненная бессмысленной жестокостью.

[Svetlana Kva · Rating 3 out of 5]

То чувство, когда жестокость героя протагониста превосходит жестокость испанских колонизаторов да и всех остальных героев повествования

[Nika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just finished the book and it was worth reading even though carlos annihilated whole san ildefonso. They deserved it

[Nemo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not so well crafted plot. But it was entertaining at some parts.

[Ernest Hogan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating prehistory of the western genre inspired by Reid's seeing Aztlán while fighting in the Mexican/American War. Does for New Mexico what his THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN does for Texas, describes a strange, new world. Of course, the hero is white/güero. Mixed-bloods don't fare as well, mestizos, mulattos, and zambos are all nefarious double-crossers.

[Jolanta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesants ieskats pilnīgi citā kultūrā, viss tā mazliet pārspīlēts un varonīgs, tomēr, kā leģenda pat ļoti labs stāsts, bija interesanti lasīt.