Old Man Savarin Stories: Tales of Canada and Canadians

Project GutenbergProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.2
Word count
367K words
Chapters
37

Tags

English Originals Foreign Literature Portrait GalleryEmotional BalanceDaily ReflectionsLife WisdomHumor ReliefHeartwarming NarrativeShort Story CollectionRural LifeCanadian SettingExotic Culture

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.Old Man Savarin Stories: Tales of Canada and Canadians by Edward William ThomsonAuthor: ,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Aug 26, 2017

Editor's review

This short-story collection takes Canadian local characters and everyday observations as its material, presenting aspects of Canadian life and character through stories rich in local color. Edward William Thomson was skilled at capturing human warmth and coldness in ordinary scenes, and his narration is plain and bears the marks of its time. As a public-domain ebook, it is better suited as introductory material for understanding the tradition of Canadian English literature and regional narrative, and also suitable for readers studying local ways of writing short fiction. While reading, note the dialect, occupations, and community relations in the stories, which together form a miniature picture of nineteenth-century Canadian society. Because the text is early, some expressions and pacing may seem leisurely; reading it in separate pieces rather than trying to finish it at one sitting is recommended.

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  1. Read the two or three pieces whose titles attract you most, then decide whether to read the whole book.
  2. When you meet dialect or old-fashioned expressions, mark them first and look back at the context after finishing the piece.
  3. Use background materials on Canadian geography and immigration history to help understand the settings.

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this book a novel or a short-story collection? It is a short-story collection; the pieces are relatively independent and center on Canadian characters and local life. Readers can start with any piece and need not read in order, which suits reading in fragments.
How difficult is the English? The text consists of English short stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with some dialect and old-fashioned expressions; it is not very difficult overall but requires patience. Readers with intermediate English reading ability can finish it with notes or a dictionary.
What should I note when reading the electronic edition? This edition is a public-domain electronic text, mainly plain text, and may lack modern notes. Using reading software that supports word lookup and bookmarks is recommended for marking unfamiliar words and revisiting pieces.

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