Olga Romanoff

Griffith, George Chetwynd, 1857-1906Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.6
Word count
739K words
Chapters
74

Tags

English Originals Science Fiction Future WarfareSocial ReformTech ImaginationLegendary LivesAviation AdventureSpeculative FictionDystopiaExotic CultureEarly Sci-FiFemale Protagonist

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.Olga Romanoff by George Chetwynd GriffithAuthor: Griffith, George Chetwynd, 1857-1906,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Feb 2, 2017

Editor's review

Olga Romanoff is an English novel by British author George Chetwynd Griffith, part of the Project Gutenberg free eBook collection. Griffith was active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and his works often carry a spirit of adventure and imagination, as does this book. For readers curious about the character of late Victorian to Edwardian popular English fiction, this work offers a window. As a public-domain eBook, it is freely available on all kinds of devices and makes a light choice for reading in the original English. While reading, note the narrative pacing and character development, and appreciate the language habits and plotting of popular literature of that era. Because it is an early electronic text, the formatting and notes may be fairly plain, and readers will need to adapt. Overall, it suits readers with an exploratory interest in old English fiction who do not depend on modern editorial work.

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  1. Skim the table of contents and chapter titles first to get the general direction of the story before starting the text
  2. Look up unfamiliar old words in an electronic dictionary as needed, without checking every word so as not to break the rhythm
  3. Use the context of popular literature in Griffith's time to understand the plotting
  4. If using it for research, note character relationships and key plot points for later review

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Contents

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About the author

Griffith, George Chetwynd, 1857-1906 Author

George Chetwynd Griffith (1857–1906) was a British author best known for his science fiction and adventure novels. Eight of his works are included here, among them Olga Romanoff, The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror, A Honeymoon in Space, The World Peril of 1910, The World Masters, and The Mummy and Miss Nitocris: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension. His writing centres on future warfare, technological adventure, and political intrigue, with fast-moving plots and bold imagination that blend emerging technology with apocalyptic crisis and imperial rivalry, bearing the clear stamp of his era. Public information about him is limited, so biographical details are difficult to set out; yet his surviving works show that he held a place in early twentieth-century popular science fiction and had some influence on later speculative and disaster narratives.