Daisy Burns

Julia KavanaghProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 526K words
Chapters: 53

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. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Julia Kavanagh. Author: Kavanagh, Julia, 1824-1877. Language: English. Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature. Release Date: May 18, 2011

Editor's review

Daisy Burns, Volume 1, is a novel by Julia Kavanagh (1824–1877), prepared by Project Gutenberg as a free electronic edition. Kavanagh was a nineteenth-century British novelist whose works often focus on women's circumstances and family relations; this book continues that thread, laying out character growth and everyday ethics with a delicate touch. As a public-domain ebook, its value lies first in documentary accessibility: readers can encounter a mid-Victorian narrative text without paying, and observe how novels of the time shaped female images and handled emotion and duty. Read it as a period text rather than a plot-first popular novel, and pay attention to narrative pace, character dialogue, and the moral framework. It suits readers interested in nineteenth-century British literature, the history of women's writing, or public-domain ebooks; those expecting strong plot or modern psychological portrayal should adjust their expectations. The electronic edition is in original English without Chinese notes, so the barrier is mainly language rather than length.

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Read the first few chapters to see whether you can adjust to the narrative pace and English expression before deciding whether to read it all.
Keep paper and pen to record character relationships and key scenes, which helps grasp the thread of a multi-volume novel.
Read alongside background material on nineteenth-century British society to understand the circumstances and choices of female characters.
Read it as a period text, paying attention to dialogue and moral judgment rather than only following plot.

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About the author

Julia Kavanagh Author · Irish · 1824–1877

Julia Kavanagh (1824–1877) was an Irish novelist and biographer, born in Thurles, County Tipperary, and died in Nice, France. She spent much of her childhood with her parents in France and became fluent in French, a background that led her to set much of her fiction in French life, writing with delicacy and a realistic tendency. She produced some twenty works, including Madeleine, Nathalie, Daisy Burns, Rachel Gray: A Tale Founded on Fact, and French Women of Letters, working in both fiction and biographical writing on women's literature. Three of her works are held in this collection. Overall, her writing has a distinct place in nineteenth-century English literature for its cross-cultural French subjects and its attention to female characters, though public information about her is limited and the details of her life and the influence of her works remain to be further studied.