A Cold Night for Crying

Marlowe, Stephen, 1928-2008Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 28K words
Chapters: 3

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.A Cold Night for Crying by Stephen MarloweAuthor: Marlowe, Stephen, 1928-2008,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jan 30, 2019

Editor's review

This is an English novel by Stephen Marlowe, published in the Project Gutenberg collection under the category of American and Canadian literature. The work is concise in length with tight narrative pacing, making it a suitable introductory read for those new to lesser-known English genre fiction. The Gutenberg edition is a free e-book, easy to read anytime on a phone, tablet, or computer, and also suitable as extensive reading material for English learners. While reading, pay attention to character dialogue and scene description to see how the author builds tension within a limited space. Since it is the original English text without Chinese annotations, readers are advised to have some foundation in English reading or to use a dictionary tool alongside. Overall, the book is better suited as supplementary reading for understanding mid-twentieth-century English popular literature rather than as a core text for systematic literary study.

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English learners who enjoy suspense or tightly plotted popular literature
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Reading tips

Read through once to grasp the plot, then look up new words, avoiding frequent pauses that disrupt reading rhythm.
Read alongside an audiobook or dictionary tool to lower the barrier of understanding the original English text.
After finishing, retell the story in three to five sentences to check your grasp of the characters and plot.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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This is the original English text, released by Project Gutenberg, with no Chinese translation or annotations. Readers need some English reading ability or a dictionary tool.

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High school level or above is recommended, enough to understand common narrative sentences. If your vocabulary is limited, use a dictionary or bilingual tool as support; there is no need to check every word.

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About the author

Marlowe, Stephen, 1928-2008 Author

Stephen Marlowe (1928–2008) is an English-language author whose works are held in this Chinese book database, with 23 titles currently listed. Because public information is limited, his nationality, education, and detailed life history cannot be reliably confirmed; this introduction is based only on the works recorded here. His representative titles range from The Sense of Wonder, Pen Pal, and Black Eyes and the Daily Grind, which draw on everyday experience with elements of suspense and imagination, to Recruit for Andromeda, Quest of the Golden Ape, and The One and the Many, which clearly lean toward science fiction and fantasy adventure. Other titles, such as A Place in the Sun and Summer Snow Storm, show a different mood. Overall, his writing often places ordinary people in extraordinary settings, spans a wide range of subjects, and moves at a brisk pace, appealing to readers of genre fiction.