Richard Judkins' Wooing: A Tale of Virginia in the Revolution

Thornton Jenkins HainsProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.9
Word count
174K words
Chapters
18

Tags

English Originals Historical Fiction War BackgroundWar of IndependenceAdventure JourneyPursuit of LoveHeroismCourage and LoyaltyPatriotismTurbulent EraVirginia LifeSocial Observation

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.Richard Judkins' Wooing: A Tale of Virginia in the Revolution by T. Jenkins HainsAuthor: Hains, T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins), 1866-,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Oct 28, 2017

Editor's review

This is Thornton Jenkins Hains's novel set in Virginia during the American Revolution, centering on Richard Judkins's courtship and combining historical scenes with a personal emotional thread. Published by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain ebook in the American and Canadian literature category, its main barrier to entry is the English original and the historical context. It works as a light sample of popular fiction about the American Revolution and as a window into how early American historical novels blended local color, wartime background, and courtship narrative. Read it not as rigorous history but for its character relationships and period atmosphere; those interested in Revolutionary history may pair it with historical works to distinguish fictional imagination from fact.

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Reading tips

  1. Familiarize yourself with the basic timeline of the American Revolution before entering the plot.
  2. Trace the courtship mainline and the wartime background separately, noting how they interweave.
  3. After reading, look up Virginia's role in the Revolution and compare it with the novel's scenes.

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this a serious historical work? No. It is a novel set in Virginia during the Revolution, focused on characters and plot; the historical background serves the narrative and should not be used as a historical source.
How difficult is the English? As an early English novel, its sentence patterns and vocabulary bear the marks of the period; intermediate reading ability is recommended. Guess historical terms from context first, then look them up together.
Why is the book titled about courtship? The title points directly to Richard Judkins's courtship; love and marriage form one mainline, while the war background provides conflict and tests for the relationship. Watch how the two drive each other.

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About the author

Thornton Jenkins Hains Author · American · 1866–1953

Thornton Jenkins Hains (1866–1953) was an American writer of sea fiction, born in Washington, D.C. He went to sea as a cabin boy at the age of twelve and later obtained master's certificates in both the United States and Britain, and his experience at sea became the foundation of his writing. Between 1894 and 1908 he published more than ten works of maritime fiction, including Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship Pirate, The Black Barque, The Wind-Jammers, The Chief Mate's Yarns, and Richard Judkins' Wooing. His novels, mostly concerned with ocean voyages, shipwrecks, and life aboard ship, are tightly plotted and rich in precise nautical detail, with a marked realism of the sea. In later years he also published The White Ghost of Disaster under the pen name Mayn Clew Garnett.