The Oxford Book of Adventure Stories

The Oxford Book of Adventure Stories

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Publisher's Synopsis

`The love of adventure, and of mystery, and of a good fight lingers in the minds of men and women.' Thus wrote Andrew Lang in 1887, and the enduring popularity of a genre that was in its heyday at the turn of the century shows no sign of waning. This anthology brings together 23 of the best adventure stories from the zenith of Empire to our present, fragmented, post-colonial world. Pitched against the unknown, against the forces of nature and against man's own treachery, the protagonists' courage and heroism are put to the test. In settings that range from desert islands to the Java Sea, from war-torn Europe to deepest Africa, heroes battle not only for self-preservation but in defence of country and culture. As the old certainties faded with the loss of empire, so moral complexity and literary sophistication grew, and the very notion of `adventure' is challenged in fine stories by Paul Bowles, Tim O'Brien, and Margaret Atwood.

Book information

ISBN: 9780192142146
Publisher: OUP OXFORD
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.08708
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 410
Weight: 675g
Height: 224mm
Width: 121mm
Spine width: 30mm