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Para quién es
For readers who love old-fashioned adventure with kidnappers, disguises, river chases and a giant villain who quotes the sages, and for anyone curious about South China as an English storyteller saw it.
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Held by Chinese Brigands is an adventure novel by Charles Gilson, written for young readers in the early twentieth century. It is set in southern China, between the harbor of Hong Kong and the wild Nan-ling Mountains. The author wants to show a country of rice fields, river junks, opium dens and ruined temples, and he does it through a chase in which every turn brings a new danger.
The story begins with three travelers. Sir Thomas Armitage is a judge from Hong Kong. Hennessy K. Waldron is a rich and talkative American from Nevada who is touring the world. Frank is the judge's sixteen-year-old nephew, who speaks Cantonese like a native. They set out up the West River to visit an old Taoist temple, never guessing that someone close to them has sold their secret to a brigand chief.
This summary follows the story from the harbor to the heart of the plot, stopping before the ending. You will meet the scheming servant, the pirate Cheong-Chau, and a giant scholar-robber named Ling who quotes Confucius while he breaks men in half. Let us begin where the book begins, on a veranda above Hong Kong harbor.
En este resumen
- 1A talkative American meets a careful judgeFree
- 2A servant sells his master in an opium den
- 3The temple in the mountains is a trap
- 4The ransom note and the cave prison
- 5Frank slips away and meets a kind stranger
- 6A giant seizes Frank and hunts Men-Ching
- 7Ling takes command of the opium den
- 8Yung How's fire and the trap for Cheong-Chau
- 9What the story is really about
- 10How the story is told
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A talkative American meets a careful judge
The book opens above the harbor of Hong Kong, which the author describes as one of the loveliest in the world. Beyond the water lies Canton, and beyond Canton a huge stretch of country drained by the West River. The author warns that this land is home to pirates and brigands who fear no gunboat, and he names one of them, Cheong-Chau, who rules from the foot of the mountains.
Then the story turns to Hennessy K. Waldron of Paradise City, Nevada. He made his money from cattle, silver, a patented eggbeater and pigs, and he is now on a trip around the world that has already lasted two and a half years. He carries so many letters of introduction that he needs a tin-lined box for them. He believes he can see South China in six weeks.
Sir Thomas Armitage, the Chief Justice of the colony, gently tells him that no one can understand China in six years. Mr. Waldron says he is crazy about temples, and the judge, who is writing a book on Chinese religions, invites him on a journey up the West River to an ancient Taoist temple near the town of Pinglo. He warns that the heat will be fierce and the country wild. Mr. Waldron answers that he began life as a Texas cow puncher and does not frighten easily.
Frank joins them on the veranda. He is the judge's nephew, raised in Hong Kong, and he learned Cantonese from his Chinese nurse before he knew fifty words of English. The judge calls him the party's interpreter. The judge also begs Mr. Waldron to keep the destination secret, since pirates would pay well for news of a rich foreigner.
One detail matters later. A servant named Yung How, tall and silent, has glided into the room and seen the American's revolver. When the judge rings for a ricksha, Yung How has been crouching behind a curtain. He has heard every word.
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Questions about Prisionero de bandidos chinos
What is Held by Chinese Brigands about?
It follows a Hong Kong judge, his teenage nephew Frank and a wealthy American who are kidnapped by a brigand chief in South China. Frank escapes and tries to deliver word to Hong Kong, but a giant outlaw named Ling stands in his way.
Who is Ling in Held by Chinese Brigands?
Ling is a very tall scholar and robber from Honan who quotes Confucius, carries a jeweled knife and fears no one. He wants the ransom money for himself and forces Frank to help him.
Where is the Glade of Children's Tears?
It is a wooded clearing with ruined temple walls and fallen idols on the Sang River, north of Canton. The brigands order the ransom hidden there under a red stone, and the whole plot moves toward it.
Is Held by Chinese Brigands a true story?
No, it is an adventure novel by Charles Gilson, an English writer who died in 1943. The places are real, including Hong Kong, Canton and the West River, but the characters and the kidnapping are invented.
Is Held by Chinese Brigands easy to read?
The story moves quickly in short chapters, each with a title that tells you what to expect. The plot is clear, the dialogue is lively, and Mr. Waldron's jokes add warmth along the way.