Nature's Serial Story
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in nineteenth-century American nature essays and regional literature
- English learners who wish to practice long-form reading with original English texts
- Enthusiasts of public-domain ebooks and early digitized texts
- Readers who enjoy leisurely, finely observant essayistic narrative
Not a good fit for
- Readers who need a Chinese translation or bilingual reading
- Readers who prefer strongly plotted, fast-paced modern fiction
- Beginners with little patience for nineteenth-century English expression
Reading tips
- Read through the table of contents and chapter titles first to grasp the serial structure before proceeding chapter by chapter.
- Jot down unfamiliar naturalist terms as you go and look them up afterward in one batch, avoiding frequent interruptions.
- Read alongside other American nature writing of the same period to appreciate the shared stylistic traits of the era.
- Use the search function of the electronic edition to locate key passages for notes and excerpts.
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.
Contents
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About the author
Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888) was an American novelist, Presbyterian minister, and horticultural writer, born in Moodna, New York, who served as a chaplain during the Civil War. His fiction is known for its moral instruction and themes of personal growth, and his strongly moralistic works were once bestsellers in the late nineteenth century. His representative works include Barriers Burned Away, He Fell in Love with His Wife, and The Face Illumined, as well as A Knight of the Nineteenth Century, Miss Lou, Nature's Serial Story, and Success with Small Fruits. Nineteen of his works are included in the collection, commonly classified under inspirational growth. Public information is limited, and details of his life are largely unavailable; scholarship relies mainly on his novels and gardening essays to understand his ideas and style.
