Pharaoh's Broker
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A good fit for
- General readers interested in English novels with ancient Egyptian themes
- Learners using public-domain English originals for extensive reading practice
- Those studying early e-books and Project Gutenberg
- Readers who enjoy short popular narratives and do not seek deep theory
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking rigorous historical research or scholarly annotations
- Beginners who need a Chinese translation or bilingual edition
- Readers who prefer fast-paced contemporary fiction with strong plots
Reading tips
- Sample the first two or three chapters to gauge language difficulty and narrative pacing before committing.
- Read alongside background material on ancient Egyptian history to understand the context of the exotic setting.
- Use it as English extensive-reading material: read one chapter at a time and note new words and expressions.
- For research use, consult historical materials on Project Gutenberg for reference.
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About the author
Ellsworth Douglass was an American writer about whom little public information is available; details of his life, such as his birth and death years, education, and writing career, have not been clearly recorded. One work by him is held in the collection, the early science fiction novel Pharaoh's Broker. Judging from this surviving work, Douglass wrote in the science fiction genre, and his writing shows imaginative narrative features common to early science fiction. Works of this kind often develop their plots through fictional scientific or commercial premises, reflecting the exploratory character of science fiction in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, before the genre had fully taken shape. Because both surviving works and research materials are quite scarce, his place in the history of science fiction is difficult to determine with certainty. Nevertheless, Pharaoh's Broker, as his representative work, can still serve as a sample for understanding the diversity of early English-language science fiction and may be of reference to readers and researchers.
