The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 34, February 20, 1841

VariousProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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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 Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 34, February 20, 1841 by VariousAuthor: Various,Language: English, Class: DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe, Release Date: Jun 3, 2017

Editor's review

This is Vol. 1, No. 34 of The Irish Penny Journal, published February 20, 1841: an original text of a mid-nineteenth-century Irish popular periodical, prepared as an electronic edition by Project Gutenberg. Its value lies not in systematic argument but in presenting a complete slice of a periodical: columns, short essays and miscellany, local observations and practical knowledge interwoven, letting readers sense directly the language and concerns of early Victorian Irish popular reading matter. As a historical source it suits observing the social topics, editorial tastes and intended readership of the time; as reading matter it is short and uneven in information density, closer to leafing through an old newspaper than to linear reading. Its strengths are the complete preservation of the original periodical form and Project Gutenberg's free opening of public-domain texts. Reading contexts: desk browsing for textual research, periodical-history courses, or interest in modern Irish social and cultural life.

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Read the table of contents and column titles first, then skip-read pieces of interest; no need to go from start to finish.
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Is this periodical a complete issue?

According to the data, this is Vol. 1, No. 34 of The Irish Penny Journal, published February 20, 1841, prepared and released by Project Gutenberg: an electronic text of that issue's contents, not a bound volume or anthology.

What language level is needed to read it?

The original is in English; nineteenth-century periodical language differs from modern English, with more complex sentences. Upper-intermediate English plus a dictionary suffices to read through, or one may read only short selections.

Is it suitable for writing a paper on Irish history?

It suits citation as periodical source material or socio-cultural corpus, but not as a basis for general history. Use it alongside academic monographs and other periodicals of the same period, and cite the original publication details.

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Various Author

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