Breakaway

Gimble, StanleyProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.8

Word count: 12K words
Chapters: 2

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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.Breakaway by Stanley GimbleAuthor: Gimble, Stanley,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Nov 22, 2007

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Breakaway is an American literary work in the Project Gutenberg collection, classified under PS (American and Canadian literature), by Stanley Gimble. As part of the public-domain ebook project, its primary value lies in giving readers convenient, free access to early twentieth-century English fiction, and in offering a window onto the language habits and subject interests of popular narrative of the time. The barrier to reading this book is language rather than length: the English original, earlier usage, and narrative pacing may feel somewhat unfamiliar to readers used to modern fast-paced stories, but precisely for that reason it is better suited as language material or a sample of literary history than as pure plot-driven entertainment. It suits slow reading in fragmented time such as before bed or on the commute, and can be read alongside other public-domain fiction of the same period to appreciate the commonalities and differences of popular writing. The Project Gutenberg electronic edition is easy to search and excerpt, making note-taking, quotation collection, and language learning convenient.

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Gimble, Stanley Author

Stanley Gimble is an author about whom little public information is available. At present, only one work bearing this name is held in the collection, namely Breakaway. Since basic details such as dates of birth and death, nationality, education, and professional career cannot be confirmed, this introduction offers no speculative additions and limits itself to an objective account of the existing bibliographic record. Judging from the form of attribution, Gimble appears to be an individual author rather than an institution or editorial group. As the only verifiable representative work, Breakaway carries a title suggesting departure, breakthrough, or separation, which may imply a subject involving changes in circumstance, broken relationships, or some kind of turning point; however, its specific content, genre, and publication background await further verification. On the basis of the available information, Gimble's writing profile and influence cannot be fully outlined, and there is no reliable record of how the work has been received by readers. Evaluation of this author should therefore remain cautious, avoiding inferences about overall style from a single work. Further discussion of thematic orientation and writing characteristics would require additional publication details, edition records, or related commentary.