A Few More Verses

Coolidge, Susan, 1835-1905Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.8

Word count: 163K words
Chapters: 17

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.A Few More Verses by Susan CoolidgeAuthor: Coolidge, Susan, 1835-1905,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jul 25, 2015

Editor's review

A Few More Verses is a poetry collection by Susan Coolidge, released as a free eBook by Project Gutenberg. Coolidge is best known for her What Katy Did novels; her poems carry on the same gentle, delicate sensibility, marked by observations of life and emotional reflection. The collection is short and its language lucid, well suited to casual reading in quiet moments, to savor the everyday reflections and lyrical rhythms of a nineteenth-century American woman writer. As a public-domain eBook, its formatting is plain and it has no modern annotations, so readers must work out the allusions and period context themselves. Overall, it is a small book meant for slow, repeated reading; its value lies in genuine feeling and accessible language rather than in any grand system or difficult theory.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy nineteenth-century British and American lyric poetry
Readers who know Coolidge's novels and want to explore her poetry
English learners who want short poems for odd moments
Collectors interested in public-domain works by women authors from Project Gutenberg

Not a good fit for

Beginners who need detailed annotations and a Chinese translation
Readers who prefer modern or highly experimental poetry
Readers hoping to gain systematic literary-historical knowledge from the collection

Reading tips

Read only three to five poems at a time, leaving pauses for the rhythm and mood to settle.
Mark unfamiliar allusions or names, then look them up after finishing the whole poem.
Read favorite pieces aloud to sense the rhythm of nineteenth-century verse.
Read alongside Coolidge's novels to observe what the same author focuses on in different genres.

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.

FAQ

Is this collection related to What Katy Did?

Both are by Susan Coolidge, but this is a standalone poetry collection, not a sequel or companion verse to the novels. If you like the warm, delicate tone of her novels, the poems share that sensibility, but the content and plot are unrelated.

Does the collection have a Chinese translation or annotations?

Project Gutenberg provides the original English eBook, which normally has no Chinese translation or modern annotations. Chinese readers must read the English themselves or use dictionaries and other aids to understand the allusions and period background.

Is it suitable for learning English?

It is fairly suitable for intermediate and advanced learners for extensive reading and developing a feel for the language. Poetry is condensed and flexible in syntax, so it may be hard for beginners; with some foundation, reading aloud and copying passages can help you appreciate English rhythm and word choice.

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About the author

Coolidge, Susan, 1835-1905 Author

Susan Coolidge (1835–1905) was an American writer of children's literature, born Sarah Chauncey Woolsey. She is best known for What Katy Did and its sequels, including What Katy Did at School and What Katy Did Next, which follow the girl Katy through family life, school days, and the experiences of growing up. Coolidge also wrote The New-Year's Bargain, A Little Country Girl, and other works. Her writing is gentle and attentive, with careful detail and an interest in inner life, often weaving the difficulties of growing up and self-cultivation into her stories. The collection here holds sixteen of her works, mostly grouped under inspirational growth. Public information is limited, and further biographical details are difficult to confirm.