Dust: A Novel

Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.1
Word count
695K words
Chapters
70

Tags

English Originals Foreign Literature Social ObservationPortrait GalleryFate and FortuneFamily SagaLove EntanglementsComplex HumanityPsychological InsightMoral DilemmaPopular NarrativeFemale Perspective

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.Dust: A Novel by Julian HawthorneAuthor: Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jan 7, 2015

Editor's review

Dust: A Novel is a novel by Julian Hawthorne, classified under American and Canadian literature; this is a public-domain electronic edition. Hawthorne was the son of the nineteenth-century American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, a background that helps explain his literary interests, though the book's value must still be judged from the text itself. As a late nineteenth-century novel, it preserves the cadence, plotting, and social observation of narrative fiction of that era, making it suitable as supplementary reading for those interested in American literary history or late Victorian fiction. Readers should not expect the pacing of contemporary genre fiction, but should focus on how characterization and narrative tone reflect the period. The electronic edition is easy to search and excerpt, suitable for scholars doing textual comparison and for general readers reading in fragments during commutes.

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  1. Read the opening chapters first to gauge the narrative pace and language difficulty, then decide whether to read closely or skim
  2. Note the narrator's tone and characters' dialogue to appreciate the expressive habits of late nineteenth-century fiction
  3. Read alongside chapters on American literary history to situate the work in its era
  4. Use the electronic edition's search function to mark characters and key plot points for easy review

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Contents

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FAQ

What is the relationship between this book and Nathaniel Hawthorne? The author, Julian Hawthorne, was the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, but these are two different works. Read this book on the basis of Julian's own text, and do not judge it directly by his father's style.
How difficult is the original English text? As a late nineteenth-century English novel, its sentence patterns and vocabulary bear the marks of its time and differ somewhat from modern English. It suits readers with at least intermediate English reading ability who are willing to look up words; otherwise, try the opening first before deciding.
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About the author

Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934 Author

Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934) was a prolific writer active from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, with twelve works held in this collection. He worked in both fiction and documentary prose, and his subjects range widely: there are socially observant works such as The Subterranean Brotherhood, short-story collections such as David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales and The Laughing Mill, and Other Stories, and novels including Dust: A Novel, Archibald Malmaison, Idolatry: A Romance, and The Golden Fleece: A Romance. He also wrote Hawthorne and His Circle, an account of the circle around his father Nathaniel Hawthorne that serves as a reference for the Hawthorne family and the literary milieu of the time. His fiction tends to rely on plot twists and suspense, combining romance with observations of social life. Public information on the details of his life and the full scope of his work is limited and awaits further research.