The Emperor's Rout

UnknownProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 29K words
Chapters: 3

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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.The Emperor's Rout by UnknownAuthor: Unknown,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Mar 22, 2008

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This is an English public-domain eBook released by Project Gutenberg, classified as PZ, i.e., juvenile literature. The author is credited as "Unknown", indicating that authorship has not been established in the available materials—a reading interest in itself: the reader faces an anonymous text and must look for clues within the content. The title "The Emperor's Rout" suggests a narrative scene related to a court or an emperor, possibly with dramatic, satirical, or fairy-tale coloring, but no plot summary is provided, so the specifics require opening the book to confirm. As an early eBook, it is plainly typeset, with no introduction or notes, suitable for quick reading or use as a sample public-domain text. Its value lies not in an authoritative edition or scholarly apparatus but in providing a readable old English text at minimal cost. It suits readers interested in the history of juvenile literature, anonymous works, or public-domain eBooks; those expecting full author background and detailed annotations will find it lacking.

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"Unknown" is not the real name of a particular author but a general label used in book cataloging and publishing for works whose authorship is unidentified or anonymous. Public information is limited, and neither nationality nor dates of birth and death can be verified. The collection contains 118 titles issued under this name, spanning a wide range of subjects: Icelandic sagas such as The Story of Burnt Njal and The Saga of Grettir the Strong, the Middle High German epic Das Nibelungenlied, the Old English religious verse manuscript Codex Junius 11, the Italian Renaissance comedy Gl'ingannati, widely circulated tales such as The Only True Mother Goose Melodies and Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, and a treatise on conjuring, Hocus Pocus Junior. These are mostly editions or translations of folklore, epics, and early drama, forming a cross-linguistic, cross-period compilation that offers readers various facets of the European narrative tradition.