Cape Cod Folks

Greene, Sarah Pratt McLean, 1856-1935Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.1

Word count: 494K words
Chapters: 50

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.Cape Cod Folks by Sarah Pratt McLean GreeneAuthor: Greene, Sarah Pratt McLean, 1856-1935,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Nov 4, 2006

Editor's review

Set against the rural life of Cape Cod, this novel has a strongly regional narrative style and will appeal to readers curious about daily life and local character in nineteenth-century New England. Its value lies not in intricate plotting but in its preservation of small-town manners, accents, and the details of everyday life, which give it a plain, immediate sense of place. As a public-domain ebook, it offers something closer to a documentary reading experience: readers can treat it as a sample of how American regional literature wrote about ordinary people. While reading, pay attention to the narrator's attitude toward rural characters and to the way local speech is rendered in the text. Because the book was written long ago, some expressions and pacing differ markedly from modern fiction; reading it slowly and in fragments is recommended, as a window onto the atmosphere of its time rather than a plot-driven diversion.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in American regional literature and New England rural subjects
Readers studying nineteenth-century American daily life and local accents
Readers who enjoy slow-paced, character-sketch-style narrative

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting strong plot and fast pacing
Readers unaccustomed to early English usage and local dialect

Reading tips

Read the opening chapters first to get used to the narrative pace and character relationships before continuing
Slow down when encountering dialect or old-fashioned expressions, and use context to understand them
Use a map to locate Cape Cod and strengthen the sense of setting

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FAQ

Is this book suitable for English beginners?

Not very. The book contains local dialect and older English expressions, which can trip up beginners in sentence structure and vocabulary. If you have some foundation in English reading and are willing to read slowly and look up words, you can try it; otherwise, choose reading material with more modern language first.

Is this a novel or a work of nonfiction?

From the available information, this is a literary work about rural life on Cape Cod, by Sarah Pratt McLean Greene. Readers must judge the extent of fictional elements for themselves; it is best read as a regional narrative of characters and daily life rather than as strict historical source material.

What should I keep in mind when reading the electronic edition?

This book comes from Project Gutenberg as a public-domain ebook, laid out mainly as plain text and possibly lacking modern annotations. Keep a dictionary or annotation tool on hand, and note that chapter divisions may be less refined than in commercial editions; it is well suited to reading in fragments.

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About the author

Greene, Sarah Pratt McLean, 1856-1935 Author · American · 1856–1935

Sarah Pratt McLean Greene (1856–1935) was an American writer who became known for her novel Cape Cod Folks, a work depicting rural life in New England. In addition to this representative work, she also wrote Vesty of the Basins. Her novels are mostly set in New England's coastal and rural communities and focus on the everyday lives and local customs of ordinary residents there; the success of Cape Cod Folks also led her to be regarded as one of the late nineteenth-century writers portraying New England regional life. Public information about her life, education, and career is limited; what can be confirmed is mainly her nationality, her birth and death years, the two works mentioned above, and the reputation brought by Cape Cod Folks. Two of her works are held in this collection.