The Halo

Von Hutten, Bettina, 1874-1957Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 419K words
Chapters: 42

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 Halo by Bettina Von HuttenAuthor: Von Hutten, Bettina, 1874-1957,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Oct 20, 2005

Editor's review

The Halo is a novel by the British author Bettina von Hutten (1874–1957), released here as an English-language ebook by Project Gutenberg. Von Hutten was active in early twentieth-century popular fiction, and her works often portray emotional and marital relations with a delicate touch; this book follows the same vein, building its narrative around the halo and illusion in human relationships. As a public-domain ebook, its value lies in offering readers a low-barrier entry into early twentieth-century English popular literature: it allows observation of the narrative interests and moral concerns of women writers of the period, and can also serve as material for English reading practice. Note that the book is an original English text from an early date, and its pacing and diction differ from contemporary fiction; it is better suited to readers with some English proficiency and an interest in classic popular literature, to be read slowly in a quiet setting rather than as fast-paced entertainment.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers with English proficiency interested in early twentieth-century popular fiction
Those interested in emotional and marital themes in women's writing
Readers needing public-domain English texts for language learning or textual analysis
Readers of slow-paced classic fiction rich in psychological portrayal

Not a good fit for

Readers with weak English seeking a Chinese translation
Readers who prefer strong plot and fast-paced modern genre fiction
Researchers needing detailed introductions to the author's life and background

Reading tips

Read a chapter or two first to adjust to the early twentieth-century English and pacing, then decide your reading speed.
Keep a notebook of character relationships and emotional turning points to follow the psychological threads.
Read alongside background on women's writing of the author's era to understand the choice of subject.
When English is difficult, read for paragraph gist first, then return to details, rather than looking up every word and breaking the rhythm.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

FAQ

Is this book in Chinese or English?

This is an original English-language ebook released by Project Gutenberg, with an English text and no Chinese translation. It suits readers with some English proficiency or those using it as English reading practice.

What is Project Gutenberg?

Project Gutenberg is the earliest project providing free ebooks, founded by Michael Hart in 1971, dedicated to digitizing public-domain books for free public reading. This book is one of the public-domain ebooks released by the project.

Do I need to know the author's life to read this book?

Not necessarily. The novel can be read on its own, but knowing that Bettina von Hutten was active in early twentieth-century popular fiction helps in understanding its emotional themes and narrative style.

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About the author

Von Hutten, Bettina, 1874-1957 Author · American-born British · 1874–1957

Bettina von Hutten (1874–1957) was a popular novelist born in the United States who later settled in Britain. Public information about her early life and education is limited, and the details of her writing career are difficult to trace. What can be confirmed is that she was known for romance and popular fiction aimed at a broad readership, with an emphasis on plot momentum and emotional conflict; her plain, fluent style places her within the tradition of Anglo-American popular fiction in the first half of the twentieth century. Her representative work is The Halo, and this library holds one of her books. On the whole, she is not a writer much studied in academia, yet she left her mark in the field of popular fiction, and her works offer a sidelight on the reading tastes of the English-speaking public of her time.