An Australian Lassie

Turner, LilianProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 223K words
Chapters: 23

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.An Australian Lassie by Lilian TurnerAuthor: Turner, Lilian,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Jan 28, 2008

Editor's review

An Australian Lassie is an English-language young adult novel by Lillian Turner, digitized by Project Gutenberg as a free public-domain e-book. The title indicates that the story concerns the life experiences of an Australian girl, placing it in the category of young adult literary fiction, with the coming-of-age narratives and slice-of-life descriptions common to early English-language children's literature. As a public-domain text, its main value lies in its free availability, its usefulness for understanding the themes and tone of early twentieth-century English-language young adult fiction, and its suitability as extensive reading material for English learners. The narrative style is traditional, prioritizing character and scene over suspense. It is of some reference value to readers studying Australian children's literature or the Project Gutenberg catalogue. It is best read with an awareness of its historical context and of the differences between old-fashioned expressions and contemporary reading habits.

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Judging from the title and its young adult literature category, the book revolves around the experiences of an Australian girl and belongs to early English-language young adult fiction; for specific plot details, refer to the original text, as the available information does not provide a more detailed synopsis.

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About the author

Turner, Lilian Author · Australian · 1867–1956

Lilian Turner (1867–1956) was an Australian novelist. Public information about her life and writing career is limited, and the available records focus mainly on her literary work. She wrote a number of novels for young readers and on family themes, often centering on children and adolescents as they grow up and on relationships within the family. Her plots stay close to everyday life, her language is plain and natural, and she pays careful attention to character and feeling, giving her work a warm yet realistic narrative style. Her representative work is An Australian Lassie, which is often regarded as a typical example of her approach to fiction. Although the number and influence of her works cannot rival those of the best-known writers of her time, her writing on Australian youth and family life remains a useful reference point for understanding popular fiction and young people's reading in Australia at the time.