Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George Barr McCutcheon

McCutcheon, George Barr, 1866-1928Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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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.Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George Barr McCutcheon by McCutcheonAuthor: McCutcheon, George Barr, 1866-1928,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: May 18, 2019

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McCutcheon, George Barr, 1866-1928 Author

George Barr McCutcheon (1866–1928) was an American novelist, though public information about his life and education is limited. The library holds 35 of his works, including Brewster's Millions, The Rose in the Ring, From the Housetops, Mr. Bingle, Her Weight in Gold, The City of Masks, The Flyers, and The Prince of Graustark. He is known for light, humorous popular fiction with clever plots and lively dialogue, often dealing with themes of wealth, identity, and romance. Brewster's Millions, famous for its premise of having to spend a fortune in order to inherit one, has been adapted for film and television many times and remains influential; the Graustark novels display his romantic imagination in the invented-kingdom genre. Overall, he was a widely read American popular novelist of the early twentieth century, valued for his entertaining and accessible storytelling.