The Great Acceptance: The Life Story of F. N. Charrington

Thorne, Guy, 1875-1923Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.6
Word count
430K words
Chapters
44

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English Originals General Biography Legendary LivesLife PhilosophyInspirationComplex HumanitySpiritual PracticeSocial CritiqueDocumentary Narrative

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.The Great Acceptance: The Life Story of F. N. Charrington by Guy ThorneAuthor: Thorne, Guy, 1875-1923,Language: English, Class: HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare, Release Date: Jun 15, 2012

Editor's review

This is Guy Thorne's biography of the philanthropist and temperance campaigner Frederick Nicholas Charrington, a work in the field of social welfare and charity history. Its value lies not in literary style but in using one life as a thread to convey the immediate feel of British social reform, the temperance movement, and relief for the poor from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Readers see how one man turned religious faith into concrete social action, and get a plain picture of how charitable organizations of the time operated. The narrative is generally plain and bears the marks of its era; it suits supplementary reading in social and charity history rather than leisure reading for plot. Placed in the context of late Victorian society, the subject's motives and limitations become clearer. For readers concerned with social improvement, volunteerism, and charitable practice, it is a historical sample for reference.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the preface and contents first to grasp the main line of the subject's life before the main text
  2. Read alongside background material on late nineteenth-century British society
  3. Note the subject's social actions and the limitations of his era as you read

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FAQ

Is this book suitable as research material for social history? It can be used as supplementary material. It offers concrete detail on the subject's life and the charitable activity of the time, but the narrative is biographical with limited theoretical analysis. Read it alongside specialized social history works; it should not be the sole basis for an argument.
Do I need to know about the temperance movement before reading? Not in depth beforehand. The book follows the subject's experience, and readers can pick up the background as they go; looking up the basic outline of the temperance movement in advance will make the social significance of his actions clearer.
How difficult is the original English? The text is an English public-domain book with generally plain language, though it carries the expressive habits of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Readers with ordinary English reading ability can finish it with a dictionary; there is little specialized terminology.

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About the author

Thorne, Guy, 1875-1923 Author

Guy Thorne (1875–1923) was an English novelist active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Public information about his life is limited, and many biographical details remain unclear. Seventeen of his works are held in the collection, spanning suspense, mystery, thriller, and inspirational coming-of-age fiction. His representative novel When It Was Dark: The Story of a Great Conspiracy builds its mystery around religious and social crisis, while The City in the Clouds, House of Torment, The Soul Stealer, The Angel, A Butterfly on the Wheel, Chance in Chains: A Story of Monte Carlo, and The Air Pirate often involve mysterious events, criminal conspiracies, and adventure. His writing emphasizes suspense and atmosphere, with tightly plotted narratives in which characters face moral and fatal tests; some works also carry an inspirational, growth-oriented tone, offering a glimpse of the popular fiction tastes of his time.