The Charlie Chan series #1The novel, which takes place in 1920s Hawai‘i, spends time acquainting the reader with the look and feel of the islands of that era from the standpoint of both white and non-white inhabitants, and describes social class structures and customs which have largely vanished in the 21st century.The novel deals with the murder of a former member of Boston society who has lived in Hawai‘i for a number of years. The main character is the victim's nephew, a straitlaced young Bostonian bond trader, who came to the islands to try to convince his aunt Minerva, whose vacation has extended many months, to return to Boston. The nephew, John Quincy Winterslip, soon falls under the spell of the islands himself, meets an attractive young woman, breaks his engagement to his straitlaced Bostonian fiancee Agatha, and decides after the murder is solved to move to San Francisco. In the interval, he is introduced to many levels of Hawaiian society and is of some assistance to Detective Charlie Chan in solving the mystery.
Szállítás:
Azonnal
Elérhető nálunk:
.ePub formátumban
Eredeti ár:
312 ,-
Adatok
Raktári kód:
185460
ISBN:
9789635263592
EAN:
9789635263592
Gyártó kód:
15606
Megjelenés:
2015.
Oldalszám:
164
Nyelv:
angol
The Charlie Chan series #1The novel, which takes place in 1920s Hawai‘i, spends time acquainting the reader with the look and feel of the islands of that era from the standpoint of both white and non-white inhabitants, and describes social class structures and customs which have largely vanished in the 21st century.The novel deals with the murder of a former member of Boston society who has lived in Hawai‘i for a number of years. The main character is the victim's nephew, a straitlaced young Bostonian bond trader, who came to the islands to try to convince his aunt Minerva, whose vacation has extended many months, to return to Boston. The nephew, John Quincy Winterslip, soon falls under the spell of the islands himself, meets an attractive young woman, breaks his engagement to his straitlaced Bostonian fiancee Agatha, and decides after the murder is solved to move to San Francisco. In the interval, he is introduced to many levels of Hawaiian society and is of some assistance to Detective Charlie Chan in solving the mystery.
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