Kent Knowles: Quahaug
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy American local-color literature and small-town New England themes
- English learners who want to experience English dialect and colloquial dialogue in the original
- Readers who need light public-domain English reading for spare moments
- Readers interested in the sea, fishermen's lives, and harbor-town narratives
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting tight suspense plots or strong dramatic conflict
- Researchers who need detailed annotations, introductions, or scholarly editions
- Beginners unfamiliar with English dialect spellings and colloquial expression
Reading tips
- Read a chapter or two first to get used to the dialect spellings and dialogue rhythm, then decide whether to read through or selectively.
- Keep pen and paper to note recurring place names and forms of address, to help sort out the town's web of relationships.
- Treat it as a short-session read for bedtime or commuting, one chapter at a time.
- For English learning, pick out dialogue passages to read aloud and feel the difference between colloquial and written language.
About the publisher
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About the author
Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870–1944) was an American author best known for his novels and short stories about life in the small coastal towns of New England. Public information about him is limited, so the details of his life are difficult to set out; yet the nineteen works held in this collection show that he wrote consistently about fishermen, sea captains and ordinary residents around Cape Cod, endowing his characters with strong local accents and a lively sense of humor. His representative works include Galusha the Magnificent, Kent Knowles: Quahaug, Cap'n Warren's Wards and Cape Cod Stories, titles that themselves convey a flavor of the sea and of village life. His easygoing, warm-hearted style, built on everyday incidents and conversation, places him in the tradition of early twentieth-century American regional fiction.
