Nobody's Child

Dejeans, Elizabeth, 1873-1928Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 432K words
Chapters: 44

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.Nobody's Child by Elizabeth DejeansAuthor: Dejeans, Elizabeth, 1873-1928,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jun 27, 2011

Editor's review

The bibliographic record for this work provides only catalog information and its public-domain source. What can be confirmed is that it falls under American literature (PS), that its author is Elizabeth Dejeans (1873–1928), and that Project Gutenberg has released an English electronic text. For Chinese readers, its value lies mainly in offering a public-domain sample of early American popular fiction, useful for observing how English-language novels of the early twentieth century commonly handled themes of family, identity, and emotion. Since there is no plot summary or content synopsis, it should be used as literary-historical and linguistic material rather than approached as a mature Chinese annotated edition. The electronic text is easy to obtain and suits excerpting and annotation on a tablet or computer; for research purposes, consulting background materials on American fiction of the same period alongside it is recommended to fill in what a single text cannot provide. Overall, this is a public-domain reading text whose context readers must judge and construct for themselves.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Literature students and enthusiasts researching early American popular fiction
Self-learners seeking public-domain English texts as language-learning material
Readers interested in early twentieth-century English-language domestic fiction

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Beginner readers hoping for a Chinese translation or detailed introduction
Readers who need a full plot summary before deciding whether to read
Readers who prefer the pacing and narrative style of contemporary fiction

Reading tips

Read through the first few chapters first, noting character relationships and narrative perspective, then decide how closely to read.
Prepare a list of unfamiliar words and period expressions, filling in background as you read to lower the barrier to comprehension.
For research, read alongside secondary literature on American fiction of the same period.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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According to the available information, the book is an English public-domain e-book released by Project Gutenberg, with no mention of a Chinese translation. Readers who wish to read in Chinese will need to find a translation themselves or use tools to help them understand the English original.

Why is there no plot summary in the information?

The available information contains only bibliographic details such as author, language, category, and release date, with no content synopsis. It is therefore impossible to summarize the plot from it; readers must piece together the storyline and character relationships themselves while reading the original text.

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It can serve as extensive reading material, but as an early twentieth-century English novel its vocabulary and sentence patterns carry period features, so it is not suitable as a beginner's textbook. Intermediate or higher reading ability is recommended, along with a dictionary and background materials.

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About the author

Dejeans, Elizabeth, 1873-1928 Author · American · 1873–1928

Elizabeth Dejeans (1873–1928) was an American novelist active in the early twentieth century, who wrote a number of popular novels and short stories. Her representative work is Nobody's Child; because public information about her other works is limited, their subjects and publication histories cannot be described in detail. What is known suggests that she wrote for a general readership, producing mainly popular novels with smooth narration and engaging plots, along with short stories, and that she was one of the writers of popular fiction in the United States at that time. Her works circulated in American periodicals and book markets in the early twentieth century and offer a useful sample for studying women writers of popular literature in this period. On the whole, although she did not rank among classic authors, her writing reflects the tastes and inclinations of popular reading in her era.