The Infidel: A Story of the Great Revival

Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.1
Word count
701K words
Chapters
71

Tags

English Originals Historical Fiction Love EntanglementsHuman NatureFaith CrisisSuspenseSocial CritiqueMoral DilemmaReligious RevivalVictorian Era

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 Infidel: A Story of the Great Revival by M. E. BraddonAuthor: Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Dec 12, 2015

Editor's review

This novel comes from the prolific Victorian writer Braddon and is set against the religious movement known as the Great Revival. Braddon was known for tight plotting and dramatic turns of fate, and here too she interweaves conflicts of faith with personal emotional entanglements, presenting the tension in nineteenth-century British society between religious fervor and worldly desire. As a free electronic text from Project Gutenberg, it serves as an accessible introduction to Victorian popular fiction and revivalist themes, and is easy for researchers to search in the original. Readers might note how the author uses characters' struggles of faith to reflect the spirit of the age, and the moral questions embedded in popular narrative. Since this is a public-domain e-book without modern annotation, reading it alongside background materials on the period is recommended for a fuller understanding.

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  1. Learn the background of nineteenth-century British religious revival before starting.
  2. Read alongside other works by Braddon to appreciate her narrative style.
  3. For the English original, use an electronic dictionary to keep reading uninterrupted.
  4. After reading, trace the main characters' shifts in faith to deepen understanding.

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FAQ

Is this book in Chinese or English? It is the English original, released as a public-domain electronic text by Project Gutenberg with English listed as the language. It suits readers with some English reading ability.
Can I understand it without notes? The text has no modern annotation. The main plot is readable, but details involving the religious movement and period background may require outside materials for full understanding.
Is it suitable for studying Victorian fiction? It can serve as supplementary material. Braddon was a representative Victorian popular novelist, and this book's revivalist subject helps show how popular literature of the time handled questions of faith; for research, however, it should be combined with scholarly introductions and secondary literature.

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About the author

Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915 Author

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915) was an English novelist of the Victorian era, known for her intricate, suspenseful popular fiction. Her representative work, Lady Audley's Secret, revolves around concealed identity and hidden secrets and is regarded as part of the "sensation novel" tradition, enjoying wide popularity in its day. The collection holds 35 of her works, including, besides the above, the three-volume Aurora Floyd, Wyllard's Weird, the three-volume John Marchmont's Legacy, All along the River and Run to Earth. She excelled at weaving crime, deception and emotional entanglements into domestic settings, with brisk pacing and dramatic turns of fortune; her work has had a lasting influence on later popular and suspense fiction. Public information on the details of her life is limited, so they are not elaborated here.