Frank Oldfield

Theodore Percival WilsonProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 605K words
Chapters: 61

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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.Frank Oldfield by Theodore P. WilsonAuthor: Wilson, Theodore P.,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Apr 18, 2007

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This book is likewise an English-language young-adult literary work from the Project Gutenberg free eBook program, attributed, like Amos Huntingdon, to Theodore P. Wilson and classified under PZ juvenile belles lettres. Its core value lies in preserving, as a public-domain electronic text, an English narrative work available for free reading, offering English learners and fans of public-domain literature a low-cost option for reading the original text. Because this is a text released by an early eBook project, the book is presented entirely in the original English, with simple layout and no modern editorial notes or background introduction, so readers need their own dictionary or relevant background knowledge. It suits personal extensive reading, supplementary English classroom materials, and consultation by readers studying early eBook text preservation. Overall, it is more a freely accessible original-text reader than a modern edition with an introduction.

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Theodore Percival Wilson Author · British · 1819–1881

Theodore Percival Wilson (1819–1881) was a clergyman of the Church of England and a writer of children's literature. Public information about his life is limited, and what can be confirmed about his identity and literary direction comes mainly from his surviving works. In the nineteenth century he wrote a number of moral and didactic novels for young people, including Amos Huntingdon, True to his Colours, Frank Oldfield, Nearly Lost but Dearly Won and Working in the Shade; five of his works are held in the collection. Most of these books were published by Nelson & Sons of Edinburgh. Their narratives centre on the growth and moral testing of young characters and stress Christian virtues such as piety, temperance and courage, in a plain, instructive style typical of Victorian religious writing for children.