The Compleat Angler (Penguin Country Library) - Softcover

Walton, Izaak

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140590072 ISBN 13: 9780140590074

Publisher: Puffin, 1985

Synopsis

A seventeenth-century handbook offers piscine lore, poems, and recipes as well as information on bait, tackle, and the habits of English river fish

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Review

For a book to stay in print for nearly 350 years, its merits must continually entice and satisfy. The Compleat Angler qualifies on both counts. On the most obvious level, it remains as good a primer on fishing as any angler would want. But its most enduring distinction is hinted at in the subtitle--"the Contemplative Man's Recreation." Izaak Walton's sometimes convoluted 17th-century grammar can still reel in our imaginations with his graceful evocations of a life free from hurly-burly in the company of friends intent on physical and moral sustenance. "He that hopes to be a good Angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit," suggests the master, "but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience.... Doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be like a virtue, a reward to itself." Just like Walton's magnificent literary catch. --Jeff Silverman

From the Inside Flap

[[The first unabridged cast reading. Features original song compositions. [[The Compleat Angler has been in print for over 350 years. [[As fresh and relevant today as it was two and a half centuries ago. [[Considered to be 'must' reading for every new generation of fishermen and women.

Edition details

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140590072
• ISBN 13: 9780140590074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Loughrey Bryan