Tinman

Tom GallonProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 499K words
Chapters: 50

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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.Tinman by Tom GallonAuthor: Gallon, Tom, 1866-1914,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: May 18, 2015

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Tinman is a novel by the British author Tom Gallon (1866–1914), released here by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain eBook. Gallon was active in the British literary world from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century; his work often focuses on the lives of ordinary people and their relationships, and his prose carries the narrative pace and emotional intensity typical of late Victorian fiction. The chief value of this public-domain electronic text is that it offers readers a low-cost window into a non-canonical classic writer in the history of English literature: it is well suited to observing how novels of that era organized plot, shaped characters, and handled moral and emotional themes. It is best read not with the expectation of a masterpiece but as corroborating evidence of literary history and as leisure reading. The electronic edition is easy to search and excerpt, and is also suitable as supplementary reading for courses in English literature. One caveat: public-domain eBooks usually lack modern editorial notes and introductions, so readers must navigate the background on their own.

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General readers interested in British fiction of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
English literature students seeking supplementary reading beyond their courses
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Read the first two or three chapters to gauge the narrative pace and language difficulty before deciding whether to continue.
Jot down character relationships and a timeline as you read; this helps in following the plot development of older fiction.
Read alongside brief background material on late Victorian British society.
For course use, select one or two scenes for close reading and narrative analysis.

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About the author

Tom Gallon Author · British · 1866–1914

Tom Gallon (1866–1914) was a British novelist and playwright, born Thomas Henry Gallon in Bermondsey, London. He is known for his vividly plotted popular novels, including Tatterley, Meg the Lady, Jimmy Quixote, and The Cruise of the Make-Believes, several of which were later adapted into films. In his memory, his sister Nellie Tom-Gallon established the Tom-Gallon Trust Award. He died in London in 1914. Public information on his early life and writing career is limited; existing accounts focus mainly on his novels and plays, which often draw on ordinary city characters and adventure-like plots, with a brisk narrative style typical of popular fiction.