The Green God's Pavilion: A Novel of the Philippines

Martin, Mabel Wood, 1888-1956Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.9
Word count
548K words
Chapters
55

Tags

English Originals Foreign Literature Suspense ThrillerAdventure JourneyLove EntanglementsExotic CultureFemale Perspective

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 Green God's Pavilion: A novel of the Philippines by Mabel Wood MartinAuthor: Martin, Mabel Wood, 1888-1956,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: May 10, 2015

Editor's review

This is a novel set in the Philippines by Mabel Wood Martin. Sources classify it under American and Canadian literature, indicating an English-language narrative with an exotic setting. For readers drawn to the 'foreign setting' tradition in early English fiction, it offers an imaginative narrative staged in the Philippines, useful for observing how English-language literature of the period depicted Southeast Asian landscapes and characters. Its value lies more in literary history and regional writing than in reliable knowledge about the Philippines. Readers approaching it out of curiosity about foreign cultures should note the distance between the novelist's imagination and reality. Suitable as extended reading in colonial-themed English literature, and for readers interested in the diversity of early twentieth-century American fiction.

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Reading tips

  1. First learn about the novel's publication date and the author's background, then enter the text with a sense of literary history.
  2. Distinguish between fictional imagination and real regional knowledge while reading; avoid treating the plot as historical source material.
  3. Read alongside other English-language novels set in the Philippines to observe differences in how authors write.
  4. If the language barrier is significant, read chapter summaries first, then close-read key passages.

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Contents

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FAQ

Can this novel be used as material for understanding Philippine history? Not recommended. It is a novel set in the Philippines, a work of literary creation whose characters and plot involve the author's imagination. For Philippine history, choose works of historiography; this book is better used as a literary text for observing how English-language fiction of the time wrote about foreign lands.
Is the English difficulty of this book suitable for non-native readers? This is an early twentieth-century English novel whose narrative feel differs from contemporary English, and sentences may be long. Non-native readers with intermediate or higher English reading ability can read slowly with a dictionary; those with less reading experience should start with shorter English fiction.
Why is this book classified under American and Canadian literature? Sources show the book's classification as PS, i.e., American and Canadian literature within language and literature. This means it is cataloged within the regional genealogy of English literature, despite its Philippine setting. Readers may accordingly understand it as an exotic-themed work within the American literary tradition.

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About the author

Martin, Mabel Wood, 1888-1956 Author · 1888–1956

Mabel Wood Martin (1888–1956) is an author whose dates are clearly recorded but whose life remains very sparsely documented. Publicly available information shows that only one work by her survives in bibliographic records: the novel The Green God's Pavilion: A Novel of the Philippines. The title and subtitle indicate that the book is set in the Philippines and belongs to the tradition of exotic narrative fiction. Because key details such as her nationality, education, and writing career cannot be verified, it is difficult to assess her style or literary standing with any certainty. Her name is preserved in library records alongside this single work, allowing readers and researchers to trace it further.