Jaquelina

Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs., 1850-1937Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.7

Word count: 350K words
Chapters: 35

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.Jaquelina by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh MillerAuthor: Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs., 1850-1937,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Feb 13, 2018

Editor's review

Jaquelina is a full-length novel by American author Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller, categorized under American and Canadian literature and released as a free ebook by Project Gutenberg. Mrs. Miller is known for her popular fiction writing from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century, and her works often drive the plot through emotional entanglements, secrets of birth, and turns of fate. This book continues the appeal of such popular narrative, with brisk pacing and strong drama, suitable for readers who want to understand the popular reading taste of the time. Its value is not in literary experimentation, but in showing how women writers of that era used serial-style plot design to attract readers, and how popular fiction reflected the era's imagination about marriage, class, and women's circumstances. As a public-domain ebook, it is easy to obtain and suitable as a reading sample of English original popular fiction, as well as for comparative reading with works of the same period.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy English popular fiction with twists and strong drama
Students studying late nineteenth-century American popular literature and women's writing
Readers looking for free public-domain English novels for leisure reading
Readers interested in old-era themes of marriage, class, and birth secrets

Not a good fit for

Serious literary readers who prefer works with strong literary quality and experimental structure
Readers who need a Chinese translation or detailed annotations to read smoothly
Readers with low tolerance for melodramatic plots and coincidence-driven advancement

Reading tips

Read chapter by chapter, paying attention to how suspense is set up and plot turns are arranged.
Keep pen and paper to record character relationships, to avoid confusion from the many birth-secret clues.
After reading, compare with other popular novels of the same period and observe similarities and differences in female images.
English learners can select climax passages for reading aloud or summary practice.

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

FAQ

Is this book suitable for English beginners?

Not very suitable for absolute beginners or elementary readers. This is an original English popular novel, with sentence patterns and vocabulary characteristic of the period, and no Chinese annotations. Readers with intermediate or higher reading ability who can use a dictionary will find it smoother.

What type of work is this book?

This is an English popular novel in the style of the late nineteenth to early twentieth century, focusing on emotional entanglements, birth secrets, and turns of fate, with strong dramatic plot. It belongs to the narrative works aimed at general readers of the time, rather than serious literary experimentation.

Can the ebook be read for free?

Yes. This book is released by Project Gutenberg and is a public-domain ebook, with the full text available for free. The edition is mainly text-based, convenient for searching and note-taking, but usually does not include introductions or detailed annotations from modern publishers.

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About the author

Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs., 1850-1937 Author

Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller (1850–1937) was an author of popular English-language fiction in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, known by her married name and leaving behind a body of plot-driven novels. Because public information is limited, details of her life, nationality, and education remain difficult to establish with certainty; the library holds sixteen of her works. Titles such as The Senator's Bride and The Bride of the Tomb suggest that she specialized in suspenseful, emotionally charged popular narratives built around marriage, hidden identity, and revenge. Her heroines are often poor or otherwise disadvantaged, as in Little Nobody and Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl. Such fiction catered to a broad readership and bears the clear marks of the serial and inexpensive popular literature of its day; though not part of the classic canon, it offers a useful sample for studying women's writing in popular fiction.