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The Lost Prince

Rating 3.8
Word count
534K words
Chapters
54

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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 Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson BurnettAuthor: Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jan 1, 1996

Editor's review

The Lost Prince is an adventure and coming-of-age novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, telling of young Marco and his father, who travel Europe under assumed names while guarding the secret of a lost kingdom. Burnett, best known for Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden, again writes from a child's perspective with warmth and feeling, weaving loyalty, courage, and questions of identity into the journey. The story has a clear adventure frame and steady suspense, making it a good bridge for young readers moving into English chapter books. As a public-domain Project Gutenberg eBook, it is free and easy to obtain, suitable for classroom reading or individual pleasure reading. Note that the European geography and political backdrop are invented and should not be taken as real history.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Young English-language readers who like adventure and coming-of-age stories
  • English teachers looking for shared classroom reading
  • Fans of Burnett who want to explore more of her children's fiction
  • Readers interested in early twentieth-century children's literature

Not a good fit for

  • Readers who read only Chinese and lack basic English
  • Readers expecting accurate history or precise geography
  • Readers who prefer complex, adult-oriented, psychologically deep fiction

Reading tips

  1. Read the first chapter to grasp Marco and his father's situation before settling into a pace.
  2. Jot down the travel route as you go to follow the shifts of place and the mounting suspense.
  3. For parent-child or classroom reading, prepare discussion questions around loyalty and identity.
  4. English learners can read one or two chapters a day and copy out three favorite descriptive sentences.

About the publisher

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.

Contents

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FAQ

What age is this book suitable for?
This is an English-language children's adventure novel told from a boy's perspective, suited to young readers with some English foundation. Younger children or those just starting English should read with a parent or teacher, or use a translation.
Is the setting real history?
The lost kingdom and its political backdrop are fictional, serving the adventure story rather than real history. Read it as an imaginative tale with a European flavor, not as something to check against the historical record.
Is the style similar to The Secret Garden?
Both are by Burnett and both attend closely to children's inner lives and feelings, but this book leans more toward travel, adventure, and the mystery of identity, rather than The Secret Garden's focus on the garden and healing, so the reading experience differs.

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About the author

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was an author of English-language children's literature whose works are often categorized in Chinese contexts as inspirational coming-of-age stories. This library holds 49 of her works, including her best-known titles A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, as well as versions and school editions centering on Sara Crewe. Her writing usually places children at the center, telling stories of how they keep their dignity, draw on imagination, and grow through hardship or sudden change, in a warm and sympathetic tone. Public information is limited, so her biographical details are not elaborated here; yet the repeated publication and adaptation of these works show that her portraits of girls and boys have circulated widely and left a lasting influence on later children's coming-of-age narratives.

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