Red Fox

Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir, 1860-1943Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 299K words
Chapters: 30

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.Red Fox by Sir Charles G. D. RobertsAuthor: Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir, 1860-1943,Language: English, Class: QL: Science: Zoology, Release Date: Jun 16, 2014

Editor's review

Red Fox is a nature writing work centered on animals by Canadian author Charles G. D. Roberts, belonging to the tradition of animal stories or animal biography. Roberts excelled at depicting the lives of wild animals with close observation and a literary touch. The book revolves around a red fox, presenting both animal habits and survival conditions while carrying narrative tension and emotion. For Chinese readers, its value lies in offering a window into early English-language nature writing: it is not a strict zoological monograph but literary nature writing that lets readers feel the rhythm and cruelty of the wild through story. It suits light reading of English originals and broadens the reading horizon for those interested in animal literature and nature writing. As a public-domain ebook, it is easy to obtain and suits fragmented reading or as material for parent-child discussions about animals and nature.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy animal-themed literature and want to read English original stories
Those interested in nature writing and the early tradition of animal stories
Learners who want to use public-domain ebooks for light English reading practice
Parents who want to discuss wildlife survival with their children

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting systematic zoological knowledge or scientific field guides
Readers who prefer fast-paced plots and have limited patience for descriptive prose

Reading tips

Read a chapter first to feel the rhythm of the language, then go back to organize new words and animal-description vocabulary.
Read the descriptions of the red fox's behavior alongside real animal-habit references, distinguishing literary imagination from observation.
When reading with children, pick a scene and discuss predation, territory, and survival choices.
Use it as a short bedtime or commute read, one or two sections at a time, to keep continuity.

About the publisher

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 zoological work or a literary work?

It is closer to a literary animal story than a strict zoological monograph. It presents the red fox's life through narrative and description, so readers can appreciate the style of nature writing, but it should not be used as a scientific field guide or a textbook on animal behavior.

How difficult is the English, and what level is it suitable for?

The original is a public-domain English book with a descriptive style typical of early literature; sentences tend to be long and vocabulary literary. Readers with intermediate or higher English reading ability who are willing to look up words and adapt to descriptive prose will find it smoother; beginners can use a translation or read selected passages.

Why recommend reading it as a public-domain ebook?

The book comes from Project Gutenberg and is a freely available public-domain ebook. It is easy and cheap to obtain, making it suitable for sampling before deciding whether to go deeper. The electronic version also makes it easy to search for new words and compare with other nature-writing references.

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About the author

Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir, 1860-1943 Author

Sir Charles G. D. Roberts (1860–1943) was a Canadian writer known for his animal stories and nature writing. The library holds twenty-nine of his works, including The Kindred of the Wild: A Book of Animal Life, Red Fox, Hoof and Claw, Neighbors Unknown, The Heart of the Ancient Wood, and Kings in Exile. His writing focuses largely on wild animals and life in the wilderness, blending close observation of nature with narrative tension; the animals he portrays are both wild and individual in character, and such works have had a certain influence within the English-language tradition of animal literature. Beyond fiction, he also wrote poetry, as shown by Songs of the Common Day, and, Ave!: An Ode for the Shelley Centenary, indicating that his writing spans both prose and verse. Public information on the details of his life is limited, and none is conjectured here.