Holes, Incorporated

Reynolds, L. MajorProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 11K words
Chapters: 2

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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.Holes, Incorporated by L. Major ReynoldsAuthor: Reynolds, L. Major,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Nov 13, 2009

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Reynolds, L. Major Author

Reynolds, L. Major is an author about whom little public information is available; neither nationality, dates of birth and death, nor educational background have been clearly recorded. Two works by this author are currently confirmed in the database: Holes, Incorporated and Such Blooming Talk. Judging from the tone and wordplay suggested by these titles, the two books appear to carry a playful verbal quality and a light-hearted voice, and may belong to popular writing aimed at general readers, with subjects possibly touching on institutions, the workplace, and everyday conversation. Because biographical information is scarce, the author's writing style and literary influence cannot be fully outlined from the available material, and readers can only appreciate the narrative interest and linguistic character of the works themselves. Overall, this is an author with a small body of work who remains to be further explored, and the very existence of these two titles offers the most basic clue to understanding their creative profile.