Dan Merrithew

Lawrence PerryProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 292K words
Chapters: 30

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. Dan Merrithew by Lawrence Perry. Author: Perry, Lawrence, 1875-1954. Language: English. Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature. Release Date: Sep 24, 2005

Editor's review

Dan Merrithew is a novel by the American writer Lawrence Perry (1875–1954), available in Project Gutenberg's free eBook library and classified under American and Canadian literature. Perry was active in the early twentieth-century American literary scene, and his work typically combines popular storytelling with character portrayal, as this book does: the plot unfolds around the protagonist's experiences, and the language bears the marks of its era. As a public-domain eBook, its value lies chiefly in two areas: literary-historical material and reading experience. On one hand, it lets readers see the narrative tastes and subject choices of early twentieth-century American fiction; on the other, the story itself is highly readable and serves as an accessible introduction to the popular literature of the period. Because this is an early digitized public-domain text, readers are advised to use a well-designed reader and to watch for occasional transcription errors common to early electronic texts. Overall, this is a work suited to linear reading in one's spare time and also useful as supplementary background reading in American literary history.

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Read alongside background material on early twentieth-century American literature to understand the work's historical context.
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After finishing, note the character threads and plot structure as practice in close reading of English originals.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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About the author

Lawrence Perry Author · American · 1875–1954

Lawrence Perry (1875–1954) was an American writer, sports journalist and drama critic. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he attended Princeton University and worked in journalism for many years, writing fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Three of his works are held in this collection: Our Navy in the War, a nonfiction account of the U.S. Navy's wartime activities, and the novels Dan Merrithew and Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport. The latter two are set in Newport and elsewhere and have the flavor of popular narrative, showing his fiction writing beyond journalism. Perry's work thus spans reportage and fiction, often touching on military and social subjects. Public information is limited, and details of his life and the full range of his writing remain to be further verified.