Amos Huntingdon

Theodore Percival WilsonProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.9

Word count: 561K words
Chapters: 57

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. Amos Huntingdon by Theodore P. Wilson. Author: Wilson, Theodore P. Language: English. Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres. Release Date: Apr 18, 2007.

Editor's review

This book is an English juvenile literary work in Project Gutenberg's free e-book program, classified under PZ, juvenile belles lettres in language and literature. Its value lies in preserving Theodore P. Wilson's narrative work as a public-domain electronic text: readers can obtain the original English at no cost, making it suitable as supplementary reading in English literature. As an early public-domain e-book, the text is presented in the original English with plain layout and no modern notes or introduction, so readers need to bring their own background knowledge or use a dictionary. Its highlight is that the length and subject suit young readers encountering English narrative style from the nineteenth to early twentieth century; reading scenarios lean toward quiet personal reading, extensive-reading practice for English learners, and text consultation by collectors and researchers of public-domain e-books.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who want to read original English juvenile literature for free
English learners who want to use public-domain English texts for extensive reading practice
Readers interested in early e-books and the preservation of public-domain literature

Not a good fit for

Readers who read only Chinese translations and do not want to face original English
Beginners who need modern notes and introductions to read
Readers expecting the pace and subjects of contemporary young-adult fiction

Reading tips

Read one chapter first to gauge the language difficulty, then decide on intensive or extensive reading.
Prepare an electronic dictionary and mark unfamiliar words before looking them up together.
Use audiobooks or text-to-speech software to listen while reading and lower the barrier of the original.
After finishing, briefly retell the plot in Chinese to check your comprehension.

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About the author

Theodore Percival Wilson Author · British · 1819–1881

Theodore Percival Wilson (1819–1881) was a clergyman of the Church of England and a writer of children's literature. Public information about his life is limited, and what can be confirmed about his identity and literary direction comes mainly from his surviving works. In the nineteenth century he wrote a number of moral and didactic novels for young people, including Amos Huntingdon, True to his Colours, Frank Oldfield, Nearly Lost but Dearly Won and Working in the Shade; five of his works are held in the collection. Most of these books were published by Nelson & Sons of Edinburgh. Their narratives centre on the growth and moral testing of young characters and stress Christian virtues such as piety, temperance and courage, in a plain, instructive style typical of Victorian religious writing for children.