The Price

Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 644K words
Chapters: 65

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 Price by Francis LyndeAuthor: Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Oct 4, 2006

Editor's review

The Price is a novel by Francis Lynde, in the category of American and Canadian literature, offered as a free electronic edition by Project Gutenberg. Lynde's works often involve engineering, railway, and business backgrounds, and this novel continues the popular narrative route with fast plot progression, where character relationships and moral choices create reading tension. It is not a literary classic pursuing experimental techniques but an old-fashioned popular novel for entertainment, offering a glimpse into the tastes and values of early twentieth-century American popular literature. It also has some reference value for readers studying American popular fiction or the social landscape of the railway era. The language is English, the length moderate, suitable as light reading material for English originals.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Entertainment-oriented readers who enjoy old-fashioned popular fiction with strong readability
Readers interested in stories set against the American railway era or industrial and commercial backgrounds
Learners who want to practice reading with English originals of moderate length
Enthusiasts studying American popular literature and publishing history

Not a good fit for

Serious readers who prefer modern literary techniques and deep psychological description
Readers expecting complex social critique or discussion of contemporary issues
Readers who only read Chinese translations

Reading tips

Read a few chapters first to judge the narrative pace; if it doesn't suit your taste, feel free to switch books rather than forcing yourself to finish.
Pay attention to the professional and business backgrounds in the story as a window into the era's social landscape.
English readers can summarize the plot in one or two sentences after each chapter to consolidate understanding.

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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 part of a series or a standalone novel?

Based on available information, it is a standalone novel not marked as belonging to a series. It can be read independently without prior knowledge of other works.

Is this book suitable as English learning material?

It can serve as extensive reading material. It is popular fiction, mainly narrative and dialogue, of moderate length. However, it was written early, and some vocabulary and sentence patterns differ from modern English; it is recommended to read with a dictionary and prioritize understanding the plot.

Why does the recommendation mention railway and business backgrounds?

The works of Francis Lynde often use engineering, railway, and business environments as backgrounds, which is a consistent orientation in his writing. When reading this novel, pay attention to related scenes and characters' professional settings to help understand the social context of the story.

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About the author

Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930 Author

Francis Lynde (1856–1930) is a writer about whom little biographical information is publicly available; only his name and dates can be confirmed. The library holds 17 of his works, including The City of Numbered Days, The Grafters, A Romance in Transit, The King of Arcadia, The Wreckers, A Fool for Love, The Price, and Branded. Judging from these titles, his fiction tends to center on engineering projects, business dealings, travel, and emotional entanglements, with a flavor of social realism and adventure narrative, often placing characters in conflicts of interest and moral dilemmas. Given the limited public record, his nationality, education, and personal history cannot be reliably established, and scholarly discussion of his literary standing is sparse. Nevertheless, his substantial output of popular fiction offers useful material for studying the reading tastes of the English-speaking world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and some of his works remain in print and retain interest for readers today.