If at First You Don't...
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- English learners who want light English short reads for reading practice
- Readers studying early popular English literature and the selection of public-domain texts
- Digital reading enthusiasts who collect Project Gutenberg e-books
- Organizers who need short material for classes or reading groups
Not a good fit for
- Serious readers expecting deep literary analysis and weighty themes
- Beginner readers who need a Chinese translation or detailed notes
- Readers who prefer contemporary full-length novels
Reading tips
- Read through once for the general meaning, then a second time to look up unfamiliar words and period background.
- Before reading, learn the meaning of the proverb the title alludes to; this helps in understanding the work's tone.
- It is short enough to read in one sitting; then look back at the opening to appreciate the structural arrangement.
- If used for a reading group, organize discussion around the theme of "failure and trying again."
About the publisher
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.
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About the author
John Brudy is an author about whom relatively little public information is currently available; the library holds only one work by him, If at First You Don't.... Judging from the title, the book is likely to center on the theme of what to do after a first attempt fails, carrying a tone of encouragement and self-motivation, and may discuss persistence, repeated effort, and the process of growth. Because reliable information is lacking regarding his nationality, dates of birth and death, education, and writing career, it is not possible to say more about his life or the development of his work, nor is it appropriate to speculate about his identity or experiences. The available material indicates only that he is a writer with at least one published work, and the "try again" attitude conveyed by its title forms the main clue through which readers may come to know him. Further evaluation of his writing style and influence must await more complete bibliographic and biographical sources.
