Princess

McClelland, M. G. (Mary Greenway), 1853-1895Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 321K words
Chapters: 33

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.Princess by M. G. McClellandAuthor: McClelland, M. G. (Mary Greenway), 1853-1895,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jan 18, 2006

Editor's review

Princess is an English novel by Mary Greenway McClelland, now circulating as a public-domain ebook. The surviving records place it under American and Canadian literature; details of plot and characters are limited, so it is best approached as a specimen of late nineteenth-century popular English-language fiction. Such works tend to drive narrative through personal relationships and emotional conflict, in relatively plain prose, and are useful for examining women's writing and popular reading tastes of the period. Readers should not expect complex modernist technique; instead, note the narrative perspective, the pacing of dialogue, and the way female characters are shaped. As a free electronic text it lends itself to quick full reads or browsing selected passages; for courses or reading groups, supplement it with secondary material on the author's life and publishing context to avoid over-inferring from the text alone.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in late nineteenth-century popular English-language fiction
Literature students studying American and Canadian women's writing
Reading group members who want to read selected passages from a public-domain ebook
Independent readers comfortable with English originals who are willing to fill in background themselves

Not a good fit for

Researchers seeking a detailed introduction, annotations, or an authoritative edition
General readers who prefer strong plots and fast-paced modern narrative
Beginner readers whose English reading stamina is limited and who need a Chinese parallel text

Reading tips

Read the first three chapters to gauge the narrative pace and character relationships, then decide whether to read straight through or selectively.
While reading, note what female characters say and do and how the narrator evaluates them, to support discussion of characterization.
For a reading group, pair the text with brief materials on the author's life and the late nineteenth-century Anglo-American publishing context.
Use the ebook's search function to look back at characters' first appearances and key dialogue passages.

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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

What kind of novel is Princess?

The records classify it as an English-language novel in American and Canadian literature, by Mary Greenway McClelland; plot details are limited, so it is best positioned as late nineteenth-century popular English-language fiction.

Is this book suitable for English learners?

It can serve as extensive reading material for intermediate to advanced learners, since the language is relatively plain; but it lacks modern annotations, so try one or two chapters first to judge whether the vocabulary and syntax suit you.

Why is there no detailed plot summary in the materials?

The available records give only author, language, category, and release date, with no plot synopsis; content should therefore not be invented, and readers should judge for themselves from the actual text whether it suits their taste.

What should I keep in mind when reading the electronic edition?

This is a public-domain ebook from Project Gutenberg, laid out mainly as plain text and possibly lacking a modern table of contents and annotations; use software with bookmarks and search to locate chapters easily.

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About the author

McClelland, M. G. (Mary Greenway), 1853-1895 Author · American · 1853–1895

M. G. McClelland (Mary Greenway McClelland, 1853–1895) was an American writer who produced novels and stories set against the rural South and family life. Her life was short and her body of work small; publicly available information is limited, and many details of her biography remain unknown. Her representative work, Princess, is the main entry point for understanding her writing. The available sources suggest that she drew on Southern local life, building her narratives around family relationships and everyday moral concerns, with a realistic flavor characteristic of regional writing and the warmth of domestic stories. Her themes are concentrated and her style plain, placing her within the tradition of late nineteenth-century American Southern regional writing. She remains inadequately covered in Chinese library resources and deserves further documentation.