John Marsh's Millions

Klein, Charles, 1867-1915Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 379K words
Chapters: 38

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.John Marsh's Millions by Arthur Hornblow and Charles KleinAuthor: Klein, Charles, 1867-1915,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jul 17, 2010

Editor's review

John Marsh's Millions is a novel co-written by Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow, classified under American and Canadian literature. Klein, a playwright active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, brought a strong sense of dramatic conflict and popular narrative style to his works. The book revolves around a vast fortune, and its title itself hints at the tension between money, inheritance, and human desire, offering readers a glimpse into American society's attitudes toward wealth and its ethical dilemmas at the time. As a public-domain eBook from Project Gutenberg, its value lies in preserving a freely accessible piece of literary history, suitable for readers interested in early American popular fiction and playwrights' cross-media writing. When reading, one might place it against the backdrop of American social transformation in the early 20th century, focus on the characters' choices and fates under the lure of money, and note the traces of stage-like dialogue and scene direction, appreciating the playwright's distinctive approach to writing fiction.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in early American popular fiction and public-domain literature
Researchers studying playwrights' cross-genre writing or popular narrative
English learners seeking free original English eBooks
Readers who enjoy dramatic stories centered on wealth and inheritance

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting modern, fast-paced suspense or highly compact plotting
Readers who prefer Chinese translations and are unwilling to read the English original
Readers with no interest in early 20th-century American social context

Reading tips

Start with the preface or publication information to understand the era and author background before entering the main text.
Use Project Gutenberg's plain-text format for annotated reading, marking dramatic dialogue passages.
Read one or two chapters a day, observing how the money theme gradually unfolds in the characters' relationships.
After finishing, consult common motifs in American popular fiction of the same period for cross-comparison.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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Is this book in Chinese or English? How accessible is it?

This is the original English edition, released by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain eBook. The language is American English from the late 19th to early 20th century; sentence structures and vocabulary may feel somewhat unfamiliar to contemporary readers, but it is popular fiction overall, and readers with reasonable English proficiency can finish it with the help of a dictionary.

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Because the book is freely released by Project Gutenberg, and the first part of the introduction describes this eBook project and its founder, Michael Hart; it is not part of the novel's plot. The actual work information consists only of the title, author, language, and classification, and readers should not mistake the project introduction for a story synopsis.

What is the background of author Charles Klein?

According to the available information, Charles Klein was born in 1867 and died in 1915, and this book is classified under American and Canadian literature. The information provides no further biographical details; readers should not add speculations or trust unverified author anecdotes, and may regard him as an English-language writer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Klein, Charles, 1867-1915 Author

Charles Klein (1867-1915) was an Anglo-American playwright active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Public information about him is limited, and many details of his life remain unclear. Five of his works are held in this collection, most of them novels adapted from stage plays, such as The Third Degree: A Narrative of Metropolitan Life, The Lion and the Mouse: A Story of American Life, John Marsh's Millions, The Music Master, and another version of The Lion and the Mouse. These works take urban life and everyday American circumstances as their subjects, with intricate plots and sharp dramatic conflict in a melodramatic vein. They reflect the contemporary vogue for adapting stage plays into popular reading matter and offer material for studying the interaction between popular literature and theater of the period.