I've Married Marjorie

Widdemer, Margaret, 1884-1978Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 271K words
Chapters: 28

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.I've Married Marjorie by Margaret WiddemerAuthor: Widdemer, Margaret, 1884-1978,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Oct 6, 2007

Editor's review

I've Married Marjorie is a novel by the American writer Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978), released as a free English eBook by Project Gutenberg. Widdemer was known in the first half of the 20th century for fiction and poetry, and her work often deals with women's lives and emotional themes. Judging by the title and her usual subject matter, the book centers on marriage and family life and has the narrative features of popular fiction of its time: clear plotting, concentrated relationships, and strong readability. For readers who want a sense of early 20th-century American popular literature or who are interested in women's writing and marriage themes, this is a moderately sized and easily available English-language original. It is better suited to leisure reading or selected reading against a background of literary history than to deep textual analysis as a classic for research. The information provides no translation details, so readers need some English reading ability.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers with some English who want early 20th-century American popular fiction
Those interested in marriage and women's fiction who want light reading in the original
Students of American women writers who need to expand their reading list

Not a good fit for

Readers with limited English who need a Chinese translation
Serious literary readers expecting deep experimentation or complex narrative structure

Reading tips

Read the first few chapters to get a sense of the narrative pace and relationships before deciding to read through or select chapters.
While reading, note how marriage and gender roles are portrayed, and compare with women's writing of the same period.
If using the book to study English, copy out passages of dialogue to observe the conversational English of the early 20th century.

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Not really for complete beginners or elementary learners. It is an English-language original novel, and its narrative and vocabulary carry early 20th-century features; intermediate reading ability or above is recommended.

What kind of work did Widdemer mainly write?

According to the information, Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978) was an American writer classified under American and Canadian literature. She wrote fiction and poetry, often centered on women's lives and emotional themes.

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Widdemer, Margaret, 1884-1978 Author

Margaret Widdemer (Widdemer, Margaret, 1884-1978) was a writer known for light, romantic storytelling; public information about her is limited, and details of her life, nationality, and education are not clearly recorded. Five of her works are held in this collection: The Rose-Garden Husband, I've Married Marjorie, The Wishing-Ring Man, Winona of the Camp Fire, and A Tree with a Bird in it. These works show her skill in writing about courtship, marriage, and personal growth, with a gentle and humorous tone and plots built around emotional turning points in everyday life, carrying the easy air of early popular fiction. Her books found a readership in the magazine and book markets of her time, particularly among women, and remain useful for understanding the character of early twentieth-century popular fiction in Britain and America.