The Human Boy Again

Project GutenbergProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 352K words
Chapters: 36

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 Human Boy Again by Eden PhillpottsAuthor: ,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Oct 25, 2014

Editor's review

The Human Boy Again is a collection of short stories by the English writer Eden Phillpotts, centred on boys at a boarding school and continuing the school-day perspective and light touch of the "The Human Boy" series. The text comes from the public-domain ebook project Project Gutenberg: complete and easy to obtain, it serves as an accessible entry point into late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British school fiction and boyhood narrative. The stories unfold in the first person or in a voice close to the boys themselves, with humour, pranks and growing pains; they read lightly while also offering a view of the details of boarding-school life and pupil-teacher relations of the period. As an English-language public-domain original, it suits readers with some English reading ability, to be read in instalments on the commute, before bed or in gaps in English study. If you are collecting late Victorian to Edwardian children's and school stories, or want to study Phillpotts's style, this book is a worthwhile addition.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers with basic English reading ability who want original English short stories
Readers interested in British boarding-school life and school fiction
Enthusiasts studying late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century British children's literature
English learners who need light English reading that can be read in instalments

Not a good fit for

Readers who want a Chinese translation and are not comfortable with the English original
Those who prefer strongly plotted novels and have limited interest in short school stories
Classroom users who need modern annotations or teaching materials

Reading tips

Read one story through first to get a feel for the narrative pace and language style, then read the rest in instalments.
When you meet school slang or period expressions, mark them first and look them up together after finishing a section.
Read alongside other works in Phillpotts's same series to observe the continuity of characters and style.

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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 the English-language original ebook released by Project Gutenberg; the language is English and the text has no Chinese translation. It suits readers who can read the English original, or who use it as English reading material.

Do I need to read the earlier book in the series first?

The materials do not state that the stories have a continuous plot that must be read in order. As a collection of school stories, it can usually be started from any story; if you want a full picture of the series' characters and style, you can read the earlier book afterwards.

Is this book suitable for English beginners?

The work was written early and contains school slang and period expressions, so it is somewhat difficult for English beginners. It is better suited to readers with intermediate reading ability who are willing to look up words; beginners can start by trying a shorter story.

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