Shameless Wayne: A Romance of the last Feud of Wayne and Ratcliffe

Project GutenbergProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.6
Word count
756K words
Chapters
76

Tags

English Originals Historical Fiction Legendary LivesFate and FortuneFeudVengeance and GratitudePower GamesJianghu FeudRomantic TaleTheme of LoveHeroismTurbulent Era

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. Shameless Wayne: A Romance of the Last Feud of Wayne and Ratcliffe by Sutcliffe. Language: English. Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature. Release Date: Dec 15, 2014

Editor's review

This is the English electronic edition of Shameless Wayne: A Romance of the Last Feud of Wayne and Ratcliffe by Sutcliffe, released free by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain work of English literature. Judging from the title and classification, it is a romance told through the thread of a family feud, a useful sample for understanding the tradition of English popular fiction and the feud theme. The Project Gutenberg edition is convenient for full-text search and citation, and suits selected reading in literature courses or comparative-literature background reading. Note that the input identifies the author only as "Sutcliffe" and provides no plot details, so readers should not over-infer specific historical background. Read it as a period romance, attending to narrative pace and characterization rather than treating it as strict historical source material.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the opening chapters first to clarify the relationship between the Wayne and Ratcliffe families.
  2. Keep track of the main characters and their allegiances to avoid confusion as the feud threads intertwine.
  3. Drawing on the stylistic features of English romance fiction, note the role of dialogue and scene description.

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