Christmas Stories: Containing John Wildgoose the Poacher, the Smuggler, and Good-Nature, or Parish Matters
1830
Christmas Stories: Containing John Wildgoose the Poacher, the Smuggler, and Good-Nature, or Parish Matters
1830
A collection of short stories written in the early 19th century. The opening tale, ''The History of John Wildgoose,'' focuses on the life of Thomas Wildgoose, a hardworking man who faces tragedy and moral dilemmas after becoming a poacher. The narrative explores themes of conformity to law, family responsibility, and the impact of poor choices on both personal and community levels. The beginning of the collection introduces Thomas Wildgoose, who leads a simple, honest life until a tragic accident leaves him seriously injured. As he prepares for his death, he makes provisions for his family, revealing his love for them. The story then transitions to his wife, Susan, who struggles to cope with her husband's passing while finding a way to support her children. The tale hints at the challenges their children, particularly their son John, will face as he is drawn into a life of poaching due to bad company, setting the stage for a moral decline that threatens to unravel their family's integrity.
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“She was very pretty: exceedingly pretty. With a dimpled, surprised-looking, capital face; a ripe little mouth, that seemed made to be kissed”
— Edward Berens
“Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in!””
— Edward Berens
“Mientras iba caminando, al pasar por una antigua calle, vio brillar las alegres candelas a través de las viejas contraventanas, y oyó las risas bulliciosas y el divertido griterío de los que estaban reunidos en sus casas; advirtió los atareados preparativos para la fiesta del siguiente día y husmeó los abundantes olores derivados de dichas circunstancias, que se escapaban en vaporosas nubes por las ventanas de las cocinas.””
— Edward Berens
“Pero nunca habrá un sustituto para un rostro humano, con un alma en su interior, animando a otro a ser valiente y leal. Nunca intentéis fabricar un rostro humano. Se os caerá de las manos como el agua.””
— Edward Berens
“La música y las historias, dos de los grandes dones que la Providencia entregó a la Humanidad, podrían entusiasmarnos incluso cuando todo estuviera perdido.””
— Edward Berens
“These are but shadows of the things that have been," said the ghost. "They have no consciousness of us.””
— Edward Berens
“ROBERT DOUGLAS-FAIRHURST is Fellow and Tutor in English at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Victorian Afterlives: The Shaping of Influence in Nineteenth-Century Literature (2002).””
— Edward Berens
“No podemos vivir sana y decentemente hasta que aquellos que se comprometieron a dirigirnos no nos proporcionen los medios. No podremos tener una educación hasta que no nos enseñen; no podremos divertirnos razonablemente hasta que ellos no nos procuren diversiones; no podremos tener sino falsos dioses en nuestros hogares mientras ellos ensalcen a muchos de los suyos en todos los lugares públicos. Las malas consecuencias de una educación imperfecta, las malas consecuencias de una negligencia peligrosa, las malas consecuencias inhumanas privaciones y la negación de cualquier disfrute humano, todas, procederán de nosotros y ninguna se saciará solo con nosotros.””
— Edward Berens
“¡En los tiempos de peligro y en presencia de la muerte, qué gran cosa es la sonrisa entre dos rostros que se contemplan! [...] he oído comentar que los grandes barcos modernos recibirían órdenes por medio del telégrafo. Admiro la mecánica tanto como cualquier hombre, y le estoy tan agradecido como cualquier hombre que por todo lo que hace por nosotros. Pero nunca habrá un sustituto para un rostro humano, con un alma en su interior, animando a otro a ser valiente y leal. Nunca intentéis fabricar un rostro humano. Se os caerá de las manos como el agua.””
— Edward Berens
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