March Hares

Frederic, Harold, 1856-1898Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 268K words
Chapters: 27

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.March Hares by Harold FredericAuthor: Frederic, Harold, 1856-1898,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jun 26, 2017

Editor's review

Harold Frederic was a nineteenth-century American novelist and journalist, and March Hares is one of his novels, falling under the category of American and Canadian literature. The book is released by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain ebook, with the text directly available for searching characters and chapters and suitable as supplementary reading for nineteenth-century American fiction. Frederic's works often engage with social realities and the circumstances of his characters; readers may note how narrative perspective, dialogue, and scene description advance character relationships and conflicts. Since the electronic edition usually lacks a modern introduction and notes, readers need to use dictionaries and background materials to supply the historical context themselves. It is suitable as peripheral reading for courses in English and American literature, or for readers interested in nineteenth-century narrative who wish to do close reading; if you seek only fast-paced plot, the pace may feel slow and requires patience to enter. It is advisable to read the opening chapters first to grasp the character relationships and narrative tone before deciding whether to read closely or extensively.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Students of English and American literature who need supplementary nineteenth-century American fiction texts
Readers interested in Project Gutenberg public-domain ebooks and early American fiction
Literature enthusiasts with experience reading English originals who are willing to do close reading
Researchers of nineteenth-century social fiction who need original texts for comparison

Not a good fit for

Casual readers who want fast-paced plot and lack patience
Beginners with weak English reading skills who need detailed notes and introductions
Collectors expecting modern typesetting and a complete publishing apparatus

Reading tips

Read the first few chapters to clarify character relationships and narrative tone before deciding on close or extensive reading.
While reading, note character dialogue and scene transitions, and observe how conflicts are advanced.
Consult materials on nineteenth-century American history to supply the period context of the text.
If used for a course, select key chapters for close reading and compare them with works of the same period.

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 a complete novel or an excerpt?

According to the information, it is the Project Gutenberg electronic text of March Hares, a public-domain electronic edition of the novel. It is usually released in full, but the electronic edition generally does not include a modern editor's introduction or detailed notes, so readers must supply background themselves.

How difficult is the English, and what background is needed?

As a nineteenth-century English novel, its syntax and dialogue carry period features, and vocabulary and expression may differ from contemporary English. A good foundation in English reading and a dictionary are recommended; if it proves difficult, read chapter summaries first before entering the original text.

Without an introduction, how can I grasp the work's background?

You may first look up the life of the author Harold Frederic and the social background of nineteenth-century America, then return to the text. While reading, note narrative perspective, character relationships, and descriptions of the social environment; these clues help in understanding the issues the work addresses.

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Frederic, Harold, 1856-1898 Author

Harold Frederic (1856–1898) was an American novelist and journalist. Publicly available information is limited, so his biographical details are not elaborated here. The library holds fifteen of his works, including novels and short story collections, with representative titles such as The Damnation of Theron Ware, The Deserter, and Other Stories, The Copperhead, Marsena, and Other Stories of the Wartime, In the Valley, The Return of the O'Mahony, Seth's Brother's Wife, and The Market-Place. His fiction often draws on American social life and wartime experience around the Civil War, and also engages with urban life in New York. His writing is realistic, attentive to character psychology and moral dilemmas, tightly structured, and frequently uses irony and detached observation to reveal human complexity and the impact of social change. His work holds a place in late nineteenth-century American realism and offers readers insight into the society and wartime memory of his era.