The Weird of the Wentworths: A Tale of George IV's Time, Vol. 2

Scotus, JohannesProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.6
Word count
443K words
Chapters
45

Tags

English Originals Historical Fiction Fate and FortuneFamily FeudLove EntanglementsComplex Humanity19th CenturyRegional CultureSocial ObservationVictorian 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 Weird of the Wentworths: A Tale of George IV's Time, Vol. 2 by Johannes ScotusAuthor: Scotus, Johannes,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Jun 17, 2012

Editor's review

This is Volume 2 of The Weird of the Wentworths, an English novel set in the time of George IV, made available as a free ebook by Project Gutenberg. For Chinese readers, its value lies mainly at the documentary and linguistic levels: on the one hand, it offers a chance to observe how nineteenth-century English narrative handled family, fate, and the atmosphere of an era; on the other, it can serve as a reading sample of a public-domain ebook, giving a sense of how early electronic texts were formatted and accessed. Note that this is a sequel volume of an old novel, with characters and plot continuing from the previous volume, so reading it alone can easily lose the context. It suits readers interested in British historical fiction, English literature around the Victorian period, or public-domain ebook resources, and is best read in a research-oriented, comparative way rather than as light popular entertainment.

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Reading tips

  1. First confirm and read Volume 1, clarify the character relationships, and then enter this volume to avoid a broken plot.
  2. Keep notes on character titles and family relationships while reading; names in old novels repeat and are easily confused.
  3. Read alongside historical material on the George IV era to understand the social background in the novel.
  4. If using it only for language learning, read selected chapters and organize long sentences and old-fashioned expressions.

About the publisher

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Contents

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FAQ

Can this book be read on its own? Not recommended. This book is marked as Volume 2, with characters and plot continuing from the previous volume; reading it alone will lack necessary background. It is best to read Volume 1 first, or at least understand the main character relationships before entering this volume.
What type of work is this book? According to the materials, it is an English novel set in the George IV era, belonging to the family narrative and period manners category. For specific plot details, refer to the original text; the materials do not provide a more detailed content summary.
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About the author

Scotus, Johannes Author

Johannes Scotus is an author about whom little public information is available; his life, nationality, and dates of birth and death remain undocumented. Based on the works held in this collection, his writing is closely associated with early nineteenth-century British historical fiction. His representative work is the two-volume The Weird of the Wentworths: A Tale of George IV's Time, which is set against the social background of George IV's reign and revolves around the fortunes of the Wentworth family, combining family saga with period manners and customs. The division into volumes reflects a common mode of circulation for long popular novels of the time. Owing to the scarcity of biographical material, a full assessment of his oeuvre and later influence is difficult at present, and readers should consult the original texts to learn more about his narrative style and thematic concerns.