Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of William Le Queux

Le Queux, William, 1864-1927Project 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 William Le Queux by William Le QueuxAuthor: Le Queux, William, 1864-1927,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: May 30, 2019

Editor's review

This file is not a work in itself but an ebook index that Project Gutenberg compiled for the works of William Le Queux. Its value is that it gives readers studying late Victorian and early twentieth-century popular British fiction a clear list of works, making it easy to look up the originals. Le Queux is known for spy thrillers and crime novels, and the index helps readers quickly grasp the shape of his output and the range of his subjects. As a catalog text, it has no plot, prose, or narrative to evaluate; the reading experience is closer to a reference work than a book. It is suitable as a starting point for bibliographic searching, used together with the individual works on the Project Gutenberg platform. To learn about Le Queux's style or his times, consult specific novels or related studies; the index alone cannot provide that.

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No. It is only a catalog index of Le Queux's works in Project Gutenberg, listing the available ebook entries; the texts themselves must be downloaded separately from the platform.

Can I use this material without knowing English?

You can, but the barrier is high. The index is in English, and the entries are mostly titles and link information, so basic English search skills are enough; without any English, finding and locating works would be difficult.

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No. It contains no main text and cannot show narrative technique, language style, or characterization. To understand his style, read his actual spy or crime novels.

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About the author

Le Queux, William, 1864-1927 Author

William Le Queux (1864–1927) was a British writer of popular fiction, with 74 of his works held in this collection. He is best known for invasion-scare and spy-adventure stories; The Invasion of 1910, which depicts a German invasion of Britain and the siege of London, drew considerable attention in its day, and The Great War in England in 1897 belongs to the same vein. His other works centre on mystery, intrigue and international espionage, such as The Zeppelin Destroyer, The Secrets of Potsdam, The Closed Book: Concerning the Secret of the Borgias and The Golden Face: A Great ‘Crook’ Romance, all marked by tight plotting and dense suspense. Le Queux often set fictional crises against real places to create a sense of urgency, and his work had some influence on the development of early spy fiction and thrillers. Public information is limited, so biographical details are not elaborated here.