Man Overboard!

Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 89K words
Chapters: 9

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.Man Overboard! by F. Marion CrawfordAuthor: Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Feb 12, 2008

Editor's review

Man Overboard! is a novel by F. Marion Crawford, available in the Project Gutenberg public-domain library. Crawford was an American novelist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries whose works often carry melodramatic color and sea or exotic settings. The title hints at a maritime accident and the turn of fate that follows, making the book suitable for readers interested in late Victorian popular English-language fiction. As a public-domain e-book, it is easy to search and read through on electronic devices, and it can serve as supplementary material for understanding the popular narrative style of the period in English literature courses. Readers should note the work's historical context: its characters' attitudes and modes of expression bear clear nineteenth-century marks. Overall, it is a historical text freely available to literature lovers and researchers rather than a contemporary bestseller-style read.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Literature lovers interested in late nineteenth-century British and American popular fiction
Researchers and students studying F. Marion Crawford's works
English learners who want to read public-domain English originals for free
Readers who enjoy maritime settings and melodramatic narrative

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer contemporary fast-paced suspense or modern prose style
Beginners whose English reading ability is not yet sufficient for nineteenth-century literary sentences
Academic readers expecting detailed introductions and annotated editions

Reading tips

Learn about Crawford's life and historical context before entering the text to better understand narrative conventions.
Read alongside the English original and an electronic dictionary, marking nineteenth-century expressions and nautical terms.
As course supplementary material, read chapter by chapter and note plot turns and character relationships.

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It is a novel by F. Marion Crawford, belonging to late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century American popular literature, with a maritime setting and melodramatic color. For the specific plot, read the original; the public-domain library provides no detailed synopsis.

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Is this book suitable for English learners?

Readers with some English foundation who wish to encounter nineteenth-century literary originals can try it, but long sentences and period language may pose obstacles. Use a dictionary and slow down; it is not the best first choice for beginners.

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Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909 Author

F. Marion Crawford (Francis Marion Crawford, 1854–1909) was a notably prolific English-language novelist. The library holds 46 of his works, spanning a wide range of subjects: long novels set in Italy, such as Saracinesca, Greifenstein and Fair Margaret: A Portrait; the two-volume Ave Roma Immortalis, which portrays the history and monuments of Rome; the Arabian tale Khaled, A Tale of Arabia; and atmospheric ghost stories including The Upper Berth and Wandering Ghosts. These works show a writer skilled at evoking foreign and historical settings, with clear narrative structure and steady plotting, accomplished both in popular long fiction and in tales of the strange. His supernatural stories in particular have been favored by later anthologies and have had some influence on the English ghost-story tradition. Because public information is limited, biographical details are not elaborated here; the outline above rests on the works in the library's holdings.