Charred Wood

Kelley, Francis Clement, Bp., 1870-1948Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 300K words
Chapters: 30

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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.Charred Wood by Bp. Francis Clement KelleyAuthor: Kelley, Francis Clement, Bp., 1870-1948,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Aug 23, 2005

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Charred Wood is a novel by Bishop Francis Clement Kelley, available as a free ebook from Project Gutenberg and classified under American and Canadian literature. From the limited information available, it is a work of fiction with a religious background, and the author's identity as a Catholic bishop suggests the book may deal with themes such as faith, morality, and human struggle. For readers studying early American Catholic literature or interested in religious fiction, this work offers a text worth examining. The Gutenberg edition is easy to obtain and search, making it suitable as supplementary material for the study of literary history or religious culture. It should be noted that the available information provides only bibliographic data and classification, without plot details; readers should approach the text with an open mind, treating it as a literary sample for close reading and discussion rather than a plot-driven popular novel. While reading, pay attention to the author's narrative perspective and the way religious ideas are presented, and understand it in the context of American literary history.

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Scholars studying American religious fiction and Catholic literature
Readers interested in American literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
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According to Project Gutenberg's classification, Charred Wood falls under American and Canadian literature and is a novel by Bishop Kelley. The author was a Catholic bishop, so the book very likely deals with religious and moral themes, but the available information gives no specific plot; readers need to read the original to learn its content.

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Kelley, Francis Clement, Bp., 1870-1948 Author · American · 1870–1948

Francis Clement Kelley (1870–1948) was an American Catholic bishop. The available records show that he founded the Catholic Church Extension Society and promoted missionary work in the West, which was among his better-known social and ecclesiastical activities. Two of his works are held here, Charred Wood and The City and the World and Other Stories. Judging from their titles and genres, his writing includes a novel and short stories, often dealing with city life, social manners and moral questions, in a realistic and narrative style; this can be seen as an attempt by a religious figure to engage in literary creation. Public information is limited, and details of his life and specific criticism of his works are scarce, so a full assessment of his literary achievement is difficult; readers may learn more from the original books themselves.