Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune

Stratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.5
Word count
340K words
Chapters
35

Tags

English Originals Children's Literature Suspense ThrillerCampus LifeAdventure JourneyFriendship and TrustFate and FortuneVengeance and GratitudeInvestigationInspirationGrowing UpYouth Reading

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.Dave Porter and His Double; Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood FortuneAuthor: Stratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Nov 2, 2009

Editor's review

This is a volume in Stratemeyer's series of juvenile adventure novels. It revolves around the protagonist Dave Porter and his entanglement with a look-alike "double," and draws in the mystery of the disappearance of the Basswood family fortune. The work continues the author's characteristic coming-of-age narrative for boys: leaving home for school, making friends, encountering rivals, and solving mysteries, with brisk pacing, short chapters, and densely packed suspense. As a representative of early twentieth-century American juvenile reading, it preserves the genre features and linguistic flavor of youth literature of that era and offers some reference value for the study of popular literary history and the patterns of juvenile adventure fiction. This is a Project Gutenberg public-domain electronic edition, making the original English text freely accessible. It suits readers seeking a sample of early English juvenile adventure fiction, as well as those who want light English reading practice and a feel for old-fashioned narrative rhythm. While reading, note how the "dual identity" motif serves the plot, and how the author handles social notions such as the opposition of good and evil and inheritance of property.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the first two chapters of the original e-book to confirm whether the language difficulty suits you before deciding on pace.
  2. Proceed chapter by chapter; after each chapter, summarize the plot in one sentence to trace how the mystery advances.
  3. Note how the "double" and the missing fortune threads intertwine; simple notes can help.
  4. If using it for English study, close-read dialogue passages to build familiarity with old-fashioned English expressions.

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this book suitable for English beginners to read directly? Not really for zero-beginner or elementary learners. The original is early twentieth-century English, with old-fashioned expressions in narration and dialogue and rather long sentences. It suits readers at an intermediate level who can work through chapters with a dictionary; they may also sample a passage first.
Is this part of a series, and must it be read in order? It is one of the Dave Porter series. Each volume centers on the same protagonist, but the mystery in a single volume is usually self-contained, so reading this one directly generally does not hinder understanding of the main plot. If you care about the continuity of character relationships, read in series order.
What are the features of the Gutenberg edition? Project Gutenberg provides free public-domain e-books; this edition is the original English text, easy to obtain and search, and suitable for research, comparative reading, or English study. It is not a modern annotated edition and usually has no detailed introduction or notes, so readers must look up background themselves.

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About the author

Stratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930 Author

Edward Stratemeyer (Stratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930) was a writer and planner of far-reaching influence in the history of American juvenile publishing; the library holds seventy-eight of his works, commonly classified under inspirational coming-of-age stories. Public information about his life is limited, but his representative works reveal a clear creative orientation: taking youthful adventure as the main thread and weaving commercial pursuits, treasure-hunting expeditions, overseas military service, and frontier marches into coming-of-age narratives, as seen in the Rover Boys and Dave Porter series and in works involving ocean voyages and the Japanese navy. These stories move briskly, are full of suspense, and emphasize courage, honesty, and responsibility, catering to the reading tastes of young readers of the time. His writing model and series-based approach exerted a considerable influence on the production of American juvenile adventure fiction in the twentieth century.