Lippa

Egerton, BeatriceProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 122K words
Chapters: 13

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.Lippa by Beatrice EgertonAuthor: Egerton, Beatrice,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Feb 5, 2006

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Lippa is an English novel by Beatrice Egerton, a work of English literature now available as a free e-book from Project Gutenberg. As a pioneer of e-books, Project Gutenberg offers readers convenient access and has brought this earlier-published novel back into circulation. The book suits readers interested in the English literary tradition, especially early twentieth-century fiction. Available information is limited, so the specific plot cannot be determined, but as a public-domain English literary work its value lies in providing material for the study of English literature or for English reading practice. Reading it alongside Project Gutenberg's free e-book is recommended, and it works well in short segments during commutes or spare moments. For readers hoping to explore the diversity of English literature, it is a low-cost opportunity. However, those seeking tightly plotted modern fiction may need to adjust their expectations. Overall, the book is better suited to literature enthusiasts or English learners as extensive reading material.

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Egerton, Beatrice Author

Beatrice Egerton is an author about whom little public information is currently available. Her name appears in bibliographic records as "Egerton, Beatrice," and her Chinese name is provisionally rendered as Bi'atilisi Aijiedun. Existing sources do not record her nationality, dates of birth and death, education, or writing career, so it is difficult to sketch the outlines of her life. Only one work by her is held in the collection, Lippa, and this is the main basis for understanding her creative profile. The existence of this work suggests that she wrote narrative fiction, and that it was catalogued and has been preserved. Because information on genre, editions, and reviews is lacking, it is not possible to determine the content, stylistic features, or readership of Lippa. Any introduction to her must therefore remain at the level of a recorded work, and fuller information awaits the discovery of new sources.