Our Frank

Amy WaltonProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.5

Word count: 161K words
Chapters: 17

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.Our Frank by Amy WaltonAuthor: Walton, Amy, 1848-1899,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Oct 20, 2007

Editor's review

Our Frank is a public-domain work of children's literature by Amy Walton, available from Project Gutenberg. Walton's children's fiction tends to center on family life and children's everyday experiences, written in a gentle style with attention to detail and relationships. The book revolves around the character Frank, presenting family and growing-up scenes from a child's perspective, and serves as an accessible introduction to late nineteenth-century British children's fiction. As a free eBook, it is easy to obtain and well suited to classroom excerpts or self-study. While reading, pay attention to dialogue and everyday detail to appreciate the didactic tone and warmth of children's literature of the period.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in British Victorian children's fiction
Students who want to practice reading with short original English texts
Researchers studying family narratives in children's literature
Young readers who enjoy warm family stories

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking strong plot conflict and adventure
Readers who need a Chinese translation and have weak English
Readers impatient with slow-paced everyday narration

Reading tips

Read in chapter order, noting how family scenes and relationships are set up.
Track changes in Frank's words and actions to see how the growth theme unfolds.
Use background material on Victorian children's literature to aid understanding.
Choose passages for read-aloud practice to feel the rhythm of the original language.

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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 consistent in style with the author's other works?

Sources identify Amy Walton as a nineteenth-century children's author, and this book is classed as children's literature. Her works generally center on family and children's daily life, and this book follows the same vein, but specific plot and characters should be checked against the original text rather than inferred in detail from a summary.

Is this book suitable for classroom excerpts?

This is a free public-domain eBook, and its length and subject suit it as excerpt material for children's literature. Teachers can select family-life passages for discussion, but should prepare their own background introduction and vocabulary list, since this edition usually contains no teaching notes.

What English level is needed to read this book?

The original is nineteenth-century English, with narration leaning toward everyday dialogue and moderate overall difficulty. Readers with intermediate reading ability can manage it independently; those with weaker basics should use a dictionary or translation, clarifying character relationships before reading the original.

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About the author

Amy Walton Author · English · 1848–1899

Amy Walton (1848–1899) was a British writer of children's literature in the Victorian era. She produced a number of children's books, ten of which are held in this collection. Her representative works include Penelope and the Others: Story of Five Country Children, White Lilac or the Queen of the May, Thistle and Rose: A Story for Girls, Black, White and Gray: A Story of Three Homes, The Hawthorns, Susan, A Pair of Clogs, and Our Frank. Because public information is limited, the details of her life are little known; her works nonetheless show that she was skilled at portraying family life and rural childhood in a warm and delicate style. She focused on children's daily lives, family affection, and emotional worlds, and her stories often centre on girls and families. Her plain, natural language suits young readers, and she holds a place in the children's literature of her time.