Fort Amity

Quiller-Couch, Arthur, 1863-1944Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.4

Word count: 404K words
Chapters: 41

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.Fort Amity by Arthur Quiller-CouchAuthor: Quiller-Couch, Arthur, 1863-1944,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Feb 17, 2007

Editor's review

Quiller-Couch was known as a poet, novelist and literary editor, and Fort Amity is a representative of his historical adventure fiction. Set against the eighteenth-century Anglo-French contest for North America, it revolves around a frontier fort and military conflict, combining historical atmosphere with the adventure and coming-of-age flavor of a boys' story. The prose is polished, with landscape description and character portrayal given equal weight; the narrative pace is slow but full of tension, conveying the harshness of frontier life and the tests it sets for human nature. As a public-domain eBook from Project Gutenberg, the English original is directly accessible to scholars and enthusiasts alike. If you want to see how a late Victorian writer handled imperial history as fiction, or are looking for a historical adventure novel with genuine literary texture, this book is worth reading.

Who it's for

A good fit for

English-language readers who enjoy historical adventure and frontier settings
Readers interested in eighteenth-century colonial North American history
Literary enthusiasts studying late Victorian historical fiction
Readers patient with the slower pace of classic narrative

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer tight modern pacing and strong plot twists
Those with weak English who struggle with long descriptive sentences
Readers seeking pure historical scholarship rather than fictional narrative

Reading tips

A brief look at the Anglo-French contest for North America before reading will help you enter the setting faster.
Pay attention to the author's environmental description and psychological portrayal of characters; this is the book's literary distinction.
The pace is slow; reading one or two chapters a day is better than rushing through in bursts.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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FAQ

Is this book suitable for history beginners?

It can serve as an entry point of interest. The novel is story-driven, with historical background serving the plot; readers need not master detailed historical facts first, but a general grasp of the Anglo-French rivalry in North America will make the conflicts easier to follow.

What else distinguishes the author, Quiller-Couch?

He was both a poet and a novelist, long active as a literary editor and Cambridge professor. His prose is meticulous, and he excelled at landscape and atmosphere; this book reflects that same attention to the texture of language.

Does the electronic edition include notes or an introduction?

The Project Gutenberg edition primarily presents the original text and usually contains no notes or introduction. For historical terms or place names, it is best to consult maps and background materials on your own.

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About the author

Quiller-Couch, Arthur, 1863-1944 Author

Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944) was an English writer with a substantial body of work, of which 41 titles are held in this collection. His writing covers a wide range: essays on the craft of reading and writing such as On the Art of Reading and On the Art of Writing, and narrative works set against the sea, winter, and the fireside, including The Roll-Call of the Reef, I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales, Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales, and The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales. He also retold fairy tales from the Old French in The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales from the Old French, and wrote From a Cornish Window, a book that reflects his attention to the Cornish landscape and local life. Public information is limited and biographical details are hard to verify, but the surviving works show a graceful, unhurried prose that combines the reflective habits of an essayist with a storyteller's pleasure in narrative, leaving its mark on English prose and short fiction.