Faulkner's Folly

Wells, Carolyn, 1862-1942Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.9
Word count
325K words
Chapters
33

Tags

English Originals Mystery and Suspense Crime InvestigationFamily SecretSuspense PlotBattle of WitsInheritance MysteryPuzzle SolvingLight ReadingDetective FictionMystery NovelsFemale Detective

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.Faulkner's Folly by Carolyn WellsAuthor: Wells, Carolyn, 1862-1942,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Mar 25, 2019

Editor's review

Caroline Wells is a prolific American author in detective fiction and young adult reading; this book belongs to American literature and was released by Project Gutenberg in 2019 as an English public-domain e-edition. Judging from the title and the author's usual writing path, this is a work with suspense and detective flavor; the plot unfolds around a mystery, the pace is brisk, and there is much dialogue, making it suitable as light reading in classical detective fiction. The e-edition is convenient for searching names and clues at any time and is also suitable as English extensive reading material. Note that the materials provide only bibliographic information and do not cover the specific case, so readers should not expect the intensity of modern hard-boiled detection; meanwhile, the text is the original English, and its language habits differ from present-day English. Overall it suits readers interested in early American popular detective fiction as supplementary reading within the genre's脉络.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the first two chapters to remember the main character relationships, then follow the mystery forward.
  2. Jot down the timeline and suspicious details; looking back at foreshadowing at the reveal is more enjoyable.
  3. When using it as English extensive reading material, prioritize reading fluency and deal with new words chapter by chapter.
  4. Compare with other classical detective fiction to observe differences in narrative pace and character setup.

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this book a detective novel? Based on the author Caroline Wells's writing background and as the title suggests, this book has suspense and detective flavor and belongs to popular works in American literature. The materials do not provide the specific case; it is best treated as a light suspense reader rather than as a formal detective puzzle centered on complex tricks.
How difficult is the English roughly? This book is early American popular fiction; sentences are not long and there is much dialogue, so the overall difficulty is lower than highly literary classical works, though some expressions bear period marks. Readers with intermediate English reading ability can finish it smoothly with a dictionary.
What should I note when reading the e-edition? This is a public-domain e-book released by Project Gutenberg; the layout is mainly plain text, and illustrations and formatting may be simple. When reading, you can use the search function to find names and clues, and note paragraph line-break differences across devices.

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About the author

Wells, Carolyn, 1862-1942 Author

Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American author. Public information on her life and education is limited, yet the 58 works held in this collection attest to the breadth of her output. Her subjects range widely: detective novels such as A Chain of Evidence, The Room with the Tassels, The Luminous Face, and The Vanishing of Betty Varian, which rely on carefully planted clues and mounting mystery, sit alongside parodic and light-hearted pieces like The Re-echo Club and The Lover's Baedeker and Guide to Arcady, while Rubáiyát of a Motor Car shows her knack for blending humor with popular themes. She was skilled at building suspense and layering twists, writing with wit and briskness, and combining popular entertainment with literary playfulness—earning her a place in the early twentieth-century Anglophone popular literary scene.