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Edith Wharton (/ˈiːdɪθ ˈhwɔrtən/; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt (font: Wikipedia)
Sanders of the River, by Edgar Wallace- Published on: 2015-09-09
- Released on: 2015-09-09
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About the Author Author Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer born into poverty as an illegitimate child, He left school at 12, joined the military at 21 and was a war correspondent for Reuters news agency.
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful. VERY mixed feelings about this book... By Colleen McMahon Sanders of the River is the first in a series of books that popular turn-of-the-20th-century author Edgar Wallace wrote, all of which featured Sanders, the commissioner for an undefined area of British colonial Africa (from the descriptions, probably the Gold Coast/Nigeria area). Though described as a novel, the book is really a series of linked short stories.I really don't know how to feel about this book. On one hand, Edgar Wallace is an excellent writer in terms of setting atmosphere and telling a story. Africa in colonial days is a completely foreign place in terms of my prior knowledge, and he makes me really see, hear, feel and at times even smell the setting he writes about. The stories move along quickly and Sanders is something of a stoic nonentity as a hero, but it's always interesting to watch how he acts to resolve various problems that face him.Most of the stories are the same: Sanders, as the British commmissioner, is the highest authority in the land under his control, and holds sway over various native groups living in that area. The plots involve either a foolish white person showing up with little to no understanding of the natives, and getting himself into trouble, or one or the other of the native tribes stirring up trouble. Either way, Sanders has to intervene and resolve the situation.So my mixed feelings come in in that, there is no nice way to put this, the stories and the whole set up are racist to the core. Sanders exemplifies the sort of person Kipling meant when he urged British men to "take up the white man's burden". The natives are continually portrayed as simple, superstitious, easily manipulated, and not very bright. At best they are portrayed as child like and needing a firm hand; at worst they are stupid, greedy, violent brutes. Sanders' role is to watch over and protect the "good" (well behaved, docile) natives and intervene with strong measures when required. He resolves most native "uprisings" and crimes against other tribes or (heaven forfend) one of those foolish white travellers by hanging the ringleader. Lesser offenders are packed off to some coastal location to serve a prison term of hard labor. In Wallace's portrayal, the natives don't seem to really mind or resent Sanders' authority but recognize it as superior; one man, facing hanging by Sanders, even compliments him on the rumor that he is recognized as someone whose hangings are said to be quick and painless.If you are interested in reading popular literature that very much portrays the British imperial attitudes at their highest point, this is a book you will want to look at. It's very readable and at times even funny (Sanders has a very dry wit), but the pernicious attitudes and assumptions underlying the stories gives me pause. It's not something I'd be comfortable giving to or reading to a child too young to understand the historical context. Even with my very mixed feelings and distaste for the racial attitudes on display, I am still interested in reading more of the stories in this series, particularly Bosambo of the River, as Bosambo is a very intriguing native character, sort of a charming trickster type, and I am hoping some of the stories are told from his point of view.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Jungle adventure, British Empire style. By WOODWARD Leslene If you like adventure in exotic jungles, a dash of comedy and marvellous characters, this is for you. The only qualification is that you must remember--and the publishers also warn you of this--that Edgar Wallace was writing before, across and after, the First World War, and the philosophy and culture of "the British Empire" as it was in those days, is naturally totally different to the world of today. But in addition to the adventure, humour, etc., the Sanders books are a genuine eye-opener to just how difficult a life the white policemen of the African jungles lived. Quickest contact between two points was by carrier pigeon, to get from A to Z you walked through jungle for two weeks, or if you were lucky took a small steamer up a dangerous river. But for a sit-down-feet-up-enjoy-yourself read, they are great.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. African adventure from a bygone era By HowdyDave I see a lot of reviews that call this book "racist"...If it had been written within the last 40 years or so I might agree, but it wasn't... this book originally came out in 1911."RACIST"? I don't think so...But there is a good dose of Imperialism, which is merely another mindset from yesteryear.This is a fairly straightforward and honest snapshot of the mindset of bygone days.Looking at it in this fashion, it not only provides entertainment and adventure, it also provides us with a bit of insight into our cultural past.Light reading, fairly short stories, and a lot of fun!
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