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| Original Title: | Travels With My Aunt |
| ISBN: | 0143039008 (ISBN13: 9780143039006) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Graham Greene
Paperback | Pages: 254 pages Rating: 3.83 | 10209 Users | 841 Reviews
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| Title | : | Travels with My Aunt |
| Author | : | Graham Greene |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 254 pages |
| Published | : | September 28th 2004 by Penguin Classics (first published 1969) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Humor. Travel. Novels. Literature |
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"I met Aunt Augusta for the first time at my mother's funeral..."Described by Graham Greene as "the only book I have written just for the fun of it," Travels with My Aunt is the story of Hanry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence to travel her way—winding through Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, and Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic creations, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society; mixes with hippies, war criminals, and CIA men; smokes pot; and breaks all currency regulations.
Originally published in 1969, Travels with My Aunt offers intoxicating entertainment, yet also confronts some of the most perplexing human dilemmas.
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Ratings: 3.83 From 10209 Users | 841 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books Travels with My Aunt
I read Travels With My Aunt (1971) eons ago, probably only a few years after it was first published in 1971 and I'd completely forgotten how amusing it is. It is also brilliantly written which is often the only thing that links books by Graham Greene (along with frequent references to Catholicism). It's hard to believe it's the same writer who gave us Brighton Rock, The End of the Affair and so many other classics.In Travels With My Aunt, Greene manages to weave in plenty of twentieth centuryThe other night at dinner I told a friend I was reading a book that I thought she would like. When I told her it was Graham Greene's Travels with my Aunt she was ebullient, while our other friend said, "I will never read another book by THAT man." The three of us had all read Journeys without Maps together. My fellow G. G. fan declared she must, just must read The Quiet American. I backed her up with acclaim for The Heart of the Matter, which I said was my favorite. When I started thinking
Read years ago and it still stands out as very, very funny. So have added it to favourites.
This was my first Graham Greene's novel. Oh, the ashes. Anything funnier? I laughed so much with the wild aunt and her nerd nephew, I couldn't wait to read his other comedies. Naturally, I was disappointed with his following books, which goes to show how subjective is each reading. Anyway, I'm over it now, and loving his books.
Slightly disappointing ending, but overall a lovely, thoughtful story.Find more reviews and bookish fun at http://www.princessandpen.com
'Tis better to travel hopefully...When middle-aged Henry Pulling attends the cremation of his mother, he meets his mother's sister, Aunt Augusta, a woman he knows only from old family photographs. It seems Aunt Augusta was something of the black sheep of the family, her distinctly racy and unconventional lifestyle making her unwelcome. But Henry finds himself drawn towards her, her frank stories of a life full of incident providing a contrast to his own rather dull and lonely existence as a
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