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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9780393060119 ISBN: 039306011X Label: W.W. Norton & Co. Manufacturer: W.W. Norton & Co. Number Of Items: 5 Number Of Pages: 6980 Publication Date: October 17, 2004 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. Studio: W.W. Norton & Co. Editorial Review: Product Description: A handsomely bound omnibus edition of Patrick O'Brian's seafaring classics, including three chapters of the unfinished twenty-first novel. The recent release of the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World has focused even more attention on the publishing phenomenon of the late Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels about the Royal Navy in the age of Nelson. These five volumes, beautifully produced and boxed, contain over 7,000 pages of what has often been described as a single, continuous narrative. They are a perfect tribute to such a literary achievement, and a perfect gift for the serious O'Brian enthusiast. 5 volumes, boxed, 1396 pages each volume. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Amazing books, SOME sloppy editing...Received this collection for Christmas, with the gift-giver expressing reservations about it after the fact, based on some of the reviews here (specifically the typos and other editing errors). I have to say that I do *not* find the odd error that disconcerting. And I'm a journalist by trade, usually very, VERY conscious of these things. I mean, mistakes happen, and LOOK AT THE VALUE HERE. You're getting every single page of Aubrey/Maturin text, BEAUTIFULLY bound, for just over $100. ... Read More Rating:  - The way to go.If you want to read all of Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey books (after all can only read one ) then this is the the collected works worth getting. Rating: - A five star collectionWhile others may nitpick about the typesetting or the mistakes I found the set to be well produced and very comfortable to read, both to the eye and to hold. There are, no doubt, some typographical errors but I failed to notice more than a handful and they did not detract from my enjoyment of what may be the best naval historical fiction ever written. These books are beautifully bound and a considerable saving over buying the individual books (I hesitate to say novels as the whole is really a single ... Read More Rating:  - Inexcusable, incomprehensible, insulting, insane.The books are very pretty, so long as you don't read them. Then, it's as if someone had firmly grasped the volumes one by one and shaken them hard enough to actually loosen the printed text. Words, sentences, punctuation, paragraphs, individual letters -- all jumbled, tumbled, and confused. Is it Stephen speaking, or is it Jack? Judging by tone and vocabulary, Stephen; not that a few quotation marks, hard returns, and indentations wouldn't help; but wait! -- yes -- comedic misspellings, dashes for hyphens, ... Read More Rating: - Satisfyingly completeHow satisfying to have all the Aubrey/Maturin books in a nicely printed, hardcover edition. While volumes which contain multiple books are often unwieldy and difficult to hold, these are quite pleasant in the hand. If you are fascinated by Patrick O'Brian's recreation of early 19th. century life at sea (and on land as well), these are a must. |
