Probability

Trimble, Louis, 1917-1988Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 16K words
Chapters: 2

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.Probability by Louis TrimbleAuthor: Trimble, Louis, 1917-1988,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jun 8, 2010

Editor's review

Probability is a work by Louis Trimble (1917–1988), released as a free ebook by Project Gutenberg. The available information places it in American and Canadian literature (class PS), as a work of fiction rather than a mathematics textbook; the title "Probability" is more likely to function as a narrative image or plot device. For readers curious about the character of mid-twentieth-century American popular literature, this short ebook offers a low-cost entry point for observing how authors of the period handled the theme of chance and choice. It should be read not with the aim of learning probability theory but as a literary text bearing the marks of its time, with attention to how characters' circumstances shift under the pressure of chance events. Given the limits of the available information, one should not over-infer plot details or literary standing; it is a light choice for ebook reading experience, browsing public-domain literature, and extensive reading in the original English.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers seeking a low-threshold introduction to public-domain English literature for extensive reading
Readers interested in mid-twentieth-century American popular fiction
Learners who need short English texts to practice reading rhythm
People studying Project Gutenberg's public-domain catalog

Not a good fit for

Readers hoping to systematically learn probability theory and mathematical statistics
Readers of deep fiction who prefer contemporary long-form complex narratives
Beginning readers who need a Chinese translation or detailed annotations

Reading tips

Read the first two chapters first to confirm whether the narrative style and themes meet expectations before deciding whether to read the whole book.
Prepare a brief character relationship chart to record how chance events drive plot turns.
When using it as English extensive reading material, retell the main points in your own words after each chapter rather than looking up every unfamiliar word.

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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 a mathematics book about probability theory?

No. The available information places it in American and Canadian literature, as a literary work; "Probability" in the title is the title of the work and cannot be taken as evidence that it is a mathematics textbook. Those who need an introduction to probability theory should choose a statistics or mathematics title instead.

What English level is needed to read this book?

As a public-domain English literary work, it suits readers with basic English reading ability. Beginners can work through it with a dictionary or a bilingual edition, focusing on understanding plot and characters rather than parsing every word.

Why does the recommendation not describe specific plot details?

The available information provides only the author, classification, and release information, and contains no plot summary. To avoid inventing details that are not in the book, the recommendation focuses only on confirmable literary attributes and reading scenarios.

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About the author

Trimble, Louis, 1917-1988 Author · American · 1917–1988

Louis Trimble (1917–1988) was an American author. He was born in 1917 and died in 1988. Public information about his life is limited, and details of his education and writing career are difficult to confirm. The library currently holds one work by him, Probability. He is also often described as a prolific writer whose work spans genres such as Western fiction and science fiction, showing a considerable range of subjects. Overall, Trimble is known for genre fiction, having written in both the Western and science fiction traditions of popular literature. His works offer some material for the study of twentieth-century American genre fiction, yet because biographical sources are scattered, scholarly understanding of his overall body of work remains limited.