Dragon's blood

Rideout, Henry Milner, 1877-1927Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 318K words
Chapters: 32

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.Dragon's blood by Henry Milner RideoutAuthor: Rideout, Henry Milner, 1877-1927,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Nov 1, 2003

Editor's review

Dragon's Blood is a novel by Henry Milner Rideout (1877–1927), released free by Project Gutenberg. Rideout traveled in the East in his early years, and his works often carry exotic settings and an adventurous flavor, as this book does. The story unfolds around the characters' fates and local customs, with a steady narrative pace and characterization typical of American popular fiction from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. For readers who want to know about early American novels in the Project Gutenberg collection or who are interested in overseas adventure themes, this book offers a free, complete sample of the original English text. Readers might note how the author handles the relationship between a foreign setting and his characters' psychology, and how Western writers of that era wrote about the East. As a public-domain ebook, the edition has no modern notes; readers with some English reading ability are advised, and literary-historical materials can help with the period context.

Who it's for

A good fit for

English readers interested in American fiction of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Learners who want free public-domain English texts to practice long-form reading
Readers who enjoy exotic settings and adventure narrative without demanding strong plot

Not a good fit for

Readers who want a Chinese translation or modern annotation
Readers who prefer fast-paced, high-conflict genre fiction
Readers not interested in exotic writing in early Western literature

Reading tips

Read a chapter or two first to get a feel for the language and narrative pace, then decide whether to read it through or selectively.
Take notes on character relationships and geographical setting as you read to help follow the plot.
Read alongside chapters on popular adventure fiction in American literary history for comparison and understanding.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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FAQ

Is this book in Chinese or English?

This is the original English edition, released by Project Gutenberg, with the language marked as English and classified under American and Canadian literature. The available information gives no Chinese translation, so readers need English reading ability.

What are the features of the Project Gutenberg edition?

Project Gutenberg was the first project to provide free ebooks; this book is a public-domain ebook in its collection, released in November 2003. The edition mainly preserves the original text and usually contains no modern scholarly notes, introduction, or textual criticism, making it suitable for reading the original directly.

What is the background of the author, Rideout?

Henry Milner Rideout was born in 1877 and died in 1927; he was an American writer. The information provides only his birth and death years and his authorship of this book, with no other experiences. His works are generally classified as American literature, and readers may regard this as a sample of early twentieth-century American fiction.

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Rideout, Henry Milner, 1877-1927 Author

Henry Milner Rideout (1877–1927) was an English-language author active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Public information about his life and nationality is limited, so a full account of his career remains difficult to reconstruct. Judging from the two works held in the collection, Dragon's Blood and Admiral's Light, his writing often drew on seafaring, exotic settings, and adventure. The titles themselves suggest a flavor of legend and exploration. Such works typically emphasize plot development and atmosphere, using life at sea or distant places as a backdrop to show characters making choices and facing their fate in perilous situations. Rideout's style tends toward popular narrative, direct and vivid in language, and skilled at building suspense. Although his output was modest and his readership limited, these two novels still offer some reference for studying the themes and reader tastes of English adventure fiction of the period.