Cap'n Warren's Wards

Lincoln, Joseph Crosby, 1870-1944Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.3

Word count: 591K words
Chapters: 60

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.Cap'n Warren's Wards by Joseph Crosby LincolnAuthor: Lincoln, Joseph Crosby, 1870-1944,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jun 3, 2006

Editor's review

Also by Joseph Crosby Lincoln, this is a public-domain ebook in the American and Canadian literature category. Lincoln sets his stories in small New England towns, sketching ordinary lives and quiet warmth in a light tone. This book centers on guardianship and family ties, with lively dialogue and strong local color. As a free electronic edition, it is easy to obtain and serves as useful supplementary reading for understanding early twentieth-century American regional fiction. Note the dialect and period language; the pace is slow, emphasizing character and atmosphere over plot. Read it in relaxed sessions as a window onto old small-town life rather than fast-paced entertainment.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in American small-town fiction
Users who want free public-domain English literature
Intermediate English readers willing to look up words
Readers who enjoy gentle family and human-interest stories

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer fast pacing and strong plot twists
Beginners with weak English who struggle with dialect
Readers expecting a Chinese translation or detailed notes

Reading tips

Skim the contents and opening to grasp character relationships, then proceed chapter by chapter.
When dialect appears, skip unfamiliar words at first and revisit them after finishing.
Use background material on small-town life to sense the period atmosphere.
Set a regular weekly reading time to avoid long breaks that lose the thread.

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 book connected to the author's other works?

It is a standalone story with no required reading order relative to the author's other works. If you like his small-town style, look for other public-domain works by him.

What if the English dialect makes reading difficult?

Follow the main plot first rather than checking every word; look up recurring dialect terms once and jot brief notes, and you will adapt noticeably after a few chapters.

Is it suitable as English learning material?

It suits intermediate and advanced learners as extensive reading, offering exposure to older expressions and local usage. Beginners should not use it as intensive study material, since dialect and period language add difficulty.

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About the author

Lincoln, Joseph Crosby, 1870-1944 Author

Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870–1944) was an American author best known for his novels and short stories about life in the small coastal towns of New England. Public information about him is limited, so the details of his life are difficult to set out; yet the nineteen works held in this collection show that he wrote consistently about fishermen, sea captains and ordinary residents around Cape Cod, endowing his characters with strong local accents and a lively sense of humor. His representative works include Galusha the Magnificent, Kent Knowles: Quahaug, Cap'n Warren's Wards and Cape Cod Stories, titles that themselves convey a flavor of the sea and of village life. His easygoing, warm-hearted style, built on everyday incidents and conversation, places him in the tradition of early twentieth-century American regional fiction.