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The Wolf-Leader

Rating 3.2
Word count
493K words
Chapters
50

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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 Wolf-Leader by Alexandre DumasAuthor: Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870,Language: English, Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Release Date: Jan 27, 2016

Editor's review

The Wolf-Leader is a novel by Alexandre Dumas with a flavor of folk legend, built around the figure of a leader of wolves and showing a strain of the strange and the rural rarely seen in nineteenth-century French literature. Published by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain eBook, it offers a complete, readable English text. Its value lies in showing another side of Dumas beyond his popular historical novels: an interest in rural tales and supernatural elements, and an easy storytelling rhythm. For readers studying Dumas's range or nineteenth-century French popular literature, it is a worthwhile supplementary read. The project itself also carries Michael Hart's public-spirited idea of eBooks since 1971, making this a good sample of what a Project Gutenberg edition looks like. It reads best in quiet, continuous sessions, ideally with some imagination for the French countryside setting.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Literature lovers who want to know Dumas beyond his historical novels
  • Readers studying nineteenth-century French popular literature and folk legend
  • Self-learners used to reading English public-domain eBooks
  • General readers drawn to wolves and rural supernatural imagery

Not a good fit for

  • Readers who prefer Dumas's long historical adventures may find the subject unfamiliar
  • Beginners who need a Chinese translation or notes
  • Readers expecting tight suspense may find the pace slow

Reading tips

  1. Read the opening chapters first to get used to the narrative voice and rural setting before the main line.
  2. Keep pen and paper to record relationships and where the wolf imagery appears.
  3. Read alongside Dumas's historical novels to feel the range of his subjects.
  4. After finishing, look up Project Gutenberg's notes to understand the source of the eBook edition.

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

Is this book in Chinese or English?
This is the original English edition, published by Project Gutenberg. The materials show the language is English, classified under PQ French literature. It requires some English reading ability, and no Chinese translation is provided with the book.
What are the features of the eBook edition?
This edition was prepared by Project Gutenberg as a free public-domain eBook, released on January 27, 2016. The text is public-domain English, convenient for reading and searching on electronic devices, but it contains no modern scholarly notes or introduction.
Can I read it without having read French literature?
Yes. The narrative is relatively self-contained and does not depend on prior knowledge. However, the nineteenth-century French rural setting and folk-legend elements may take some patience; read slowly and treat it as a tale of the strange.

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About the author

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) was a major French novelist and playwright of the nineteenth century. The collection here holds 133 of his works, including editions in several languages, which shows how widely they have circulated. His best-known works include The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, the latter often published in volumes such as Volume III, Volume II, Volume I, and Volume IV. His writing is usually set against historical backgrounds, with intricate plots and vivid characters, and he was skilled at unfolding grand narratives in serial form, combining adventure, rivalry, and legend. Both novels have been translated into many languages and frequently issued in illustrated editions, leaving a lasting influence on popular literature and on film and television adaptations. Public information is limited, so details of his life and critical assessments are not developed here; readers may discover his narrative appeal through the works themselves.

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