A Queen's Error

Curties, Henry, 1860-Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 316K words
Chapters: 32

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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 Queen's Error by Henry CurtiesAuthor: Curties, Henry, 1860-,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: May 25, 2008

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A Queen's Error is an English novel by Henry Curties, reissued by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain ebook and classified under PR English literature. The available information gives only the author, language, and publication details, with no plot summary, so it is best regarded as a freely accessible English narrative text. Its value lies in giving readers low-barrier access to the look of late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century popular English fiction, and to the narrative pacing, character setup, and language style of the period. For students of literary history, such public-domain books can serve as supplementary material for understanding the work of non-canonical writers; for general readers, it is a light attempt at reading English in the original. Read with an awareness of the edition, and note differences between the ebook formatting and the original text.

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Curties, Henry, 1860- Author

Curties, Henry (1860-) was an author active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Public information about his life and nationality is limited, and his education, professional identity, and full body of work remain unclear. One work by him is held in the collection, A Queen's Error. On the available evidence, it is a narrative work whose title suggests a story built around a mistake or misdeed in a royal or courtly setting, with plot and dramatic conflict. Because sources are scarce, it is difficult to determine the book's precise genre, publication context, or reception among contemporary readers, and his other literary achievements cannot be assessed. For researchers, Curties is best approached as one name among the popular narrative writers of the late nineteenth century, and his work may serve as supplementary material for understanding the themes and reading tastes of the fiction of that period.