Banked Fires

Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred), 1865-1954Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 635K words
Chapters: 64

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.Banked Fires by E. W. SaviAuthor: Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred), 1865-1954,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Feb 25, 2010

Editor's review

Banked Fires is an English novel by E. W. Savi (1865–1954), digitized by Project Gutenberg as a free e-book. Savi was active in the first half of the twentieth century, and her works often focus on family relationships and emotional entanglements; this book follows the same vein, using the image of "banked fires" to unfold the psychological tension between repression and eruption. As a public-domain e-book, its value lies first in accessibility: readers can obtain free of charge a novel by a woman writer easily overlooked by mainstream literary history, thus broadening their knowledge of twentieth-century English popular fiction. Read it in the context of popular romance and domestic narrative, noting how dialogue advances plot and interior monologue explains motive. As an early digitized text, layout and punctuation may preserve the original; adjust font size on an e-reader and read through, without pausing over unfamiliar expressions—grasp character relationships and plot direction first, then return to key chapters for close reading.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in twentieth-century English popular fiction
Literature students studying early women writers
Readers seeking free public-domain English originals
Readers who enjoy domestic emotional themes and gently paced narrative

Not a good fit for

Readers who want a Chinese translation and are uncomfortable with English
Readers who prefer strong plot and fast-paced genre fiction
Researchers needing an authoritative annotated or scholarly edition

Reading tips

Read through once to grasp character relationships and the main line, then reread psychological passages closely.
Note characters' names and kinship as you read to avoid confusing the plot.
Consult background on early twentieth-century English society to understand the family values in the book.
Adjust line spacing and font size on e-readers to ease the burden of early typesetting.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

FAQ

Is this book in Chinese or English?

The original is in English. Published by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain English e-book, it currently comes without a Chinese translation, so readers need some English reading ability.

What is Project Gutenberg?

Project Gutenberg is the earliest project providing free e-books, launched by Michael Hart in 1971, dedicated to digitizing public-domain books and making them freely available to the public. This book is one of its titles.

Who is E. W. Savi?

According to the book's materials, E. W. Savi is Ethel Winifred Savi (1865–1954), an English writer. The materials provide only birth and death years and nationality, with no biographical details, so readers should not infer her life from this book.

What should I note when reading the e-book?

This is an early digitized text, so layout and punctuation may preserve the original and some pages may be untidy. Use reading software with adjustable font size, read for the whole, and do not interrupt reading over minor formatting issues.

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About the author

Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred), 1865-1954 Author · British · 1865–1954

Ethel Winifred Savi (E. W. Savi, 1865–1954) was a British compiler and translator. She worked for many years collecting, translating, and adapting folktales and children's literature, building up a body of work in fairy tales, legends, and narrative texts suitable for young readers. Her compilations were mostly storybooks intended for children; she sought to preserve the narrative appeal of folk literature while using plain, readable language. Public information about her life is very limited, and what can be confirmed is mainly her British nationality, dates of birth and death, and her role as a compiler. One of her works, Banked Fires, is held in the collection. Overall, her work focused on retelling existing stories, and she was a modest but genuine contributor to the field of compiling folktales and children's reading material.