The Sailor

John Collis SnaithProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 777K words
Chapters: 78

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 Sailor by J. C. SnaithAuthor: Snaith, J. C. (John Collis), 1876-1936,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Dec 2, 2011

Editor's review

The Sailor comes from the English writer John Collis Snaith, and its title points directly to life at sea, suggesting a connection with seafaring, sailors' lives, or the fate of related characters. Snaith's career was concentrated in the first half of the twentieth century; his novels mostly concern the circumstances and emotional troubles of ordinary people, in a realistic and traditionally narrative manner. As a Project Gutenberg public-domain ebook, the book's greatest value is accessibility: readers can encounter an early twentieth-century English novel at no cost and sense how sea-themed works of that era told stories and shaped characters. For readers who enjoy nautical backgrounds, it offers a perspective different from modern adventure fiction—closer to daily life and personal fate than to pure spectacle and peril. Note that the available information provides no plot details, so readers should enter the text with an open mind. The language bears period traces; read mainly for the plot rather than parsing every sentence.

Who it's for

A good fit for

English readers interested in seafaring and life at sea
Literature enthusiasts who want a sense of early twentieth-century English fiction
Readers who prefer traditional realistic narrative over experimental technique
Those looking for free public-domain English books to expand their reading list

Not a good fit for

Genre-fiction readers expecting intense action and adventure
Beginners with little English reading experience who find old-fashioned expression hard
Classroom settings that require detailed introductions and annotations

Reading tips

Skim the opening chapters to gauge the narrative pace and language difficulty before deciding your reading speed
Keep brief notes on character relationships to help follow the plot of a traditional novel
If nautical terms are unfamiliar, there is no need to check each one; grasp the characters' circumstances and emotional throughline
Suitable as a long-term slow-reading project with a fixed daily portion, avoiding fatigue from forcing it all at once

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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 mainly a seafaring adventure?

The available information gives only the title and author details, with no specific plot. Judging by the title, the story involves sailors or life at sea, but it should not be presumed to be a pure adventure. It is better to read it as a story of human lives set against a maritime background, with moderated expectations.

Who was the author, Snaith?

John Collis Snaith was an English writer active from the late nineteenth to the first half of the twentieth century, chiefly of novels. The information provides no further biographical detail; readers may regard him as one of the professional writers of his day and sense his narrative style through the work itself rather than relying on external evaluations.

What is it like to read a public-domain ebook?

Published by Project Gutenberg, the book usually comes in basic formats such as plain text, with plain layout, and is suited to reading on an e-reader or phone. It lacks the fine typography and notes of modern editions, but its advantages are that it is free and can be stored offline, making it good material for independent reading.

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About the author

John Collis Snaith Author · British · 1876–1936

John Collis Snaith (1876–1936) was a British novelist, born in Nottingham in 1876 and died in London on 8 December 1936. He wrote more than forty novels, ranging across historical romance, fantasy, early science fiction and social satire, a breadth that made his style notably varied. His representative works include Mrs. Fitz, The Sailor and The Council of Seven. Besides writing, he was also a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire, an unusual distinction among authors. Because of his wide-ranging subjects and diverse identity, he is regarded as a versatile yet hard-to-classify writer, and his works remain a useful sample for the study of early twentieth-century British popular fiction.