One Woman's Life

Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.6

Word count: 584K words
Chapters: 59

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.One Woman's Life by Robert HerrickAuthor: Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Oct 29, 2006

Editor's review

Robert Herrick's One Woman's Life is an English-language novel classified under American and Canadian literature. Herrick lived from the late 19th to the early 20th century, and his works often focus on individual destinies amid social change. Titled "One Woman's Life," the book unfolds its narrative through a female perspective and is a noteworthy text in the public-domain literary canon. As a free eBook from Project Gutenberg, its value lies in giving readers zero-cost access to a novel that, while not the most famous in American literary history, is representative of its era, making it suitable for understanding how early 20th-century American fiction portrayed women's lives, marriage, and family. The digital edition is fully searchable, making it suitable for literature coursework, comparative reading, or extensive English reading. As a public-domain reset edition, it has no modern editor's introduction, so readers must understand plot and character motivation in light of the historical context on their own.

Who it's for

A good fit for

English-language readers interested in American literature or fiction about women
English learners seeking public-domain English novels for extensive reading practice
Literature enthusiasts studying early 20th-century American society and women's writing

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer a Chinese translation and are uncomfortable with English originals
Academic beginners who need modern annotations and detailed introductions
Readers who prefer fast-paced plots or contemporary bestsellers

Reading tips

Read the opening chapters first to grasp the heroine's situation and the narrative tone, then decide whether to read closely or extensively.
Read alongside the social context of early 20th-century America, noting how marriage, career, and family values are presented in the book.
English learners can set a fixed number of pages per day and excerpt sentences describing characters' psychology for language accumulation.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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.

FAQ

What are the language and genre of this book?

The book is in English and is a novel classified under American and Canadian literature. The information shows the author is Robert Herrick, and the work unfolds its narrative around one woman's life, making it suitable as English literature reading material.

Will the lack of modern annotations affect comprehension?

As a public-domain eBook, this book generally has no modern editor's annotations or introduction. This has little impact on readers familiar with early 20th-century American social context; those unfamiliar with period details are advised to read alongside relevant historical materials to reduce comprehension difficulties.

Is it suitable for English majors as course reading?

It can serve as supplementary reading for American literature courses, especially for discussing female images and social change. However, due to the lack of scholarly annotations, it is better suited as extensive or comparative reading material rather than the sole research text.

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About the author

Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938 Author

Robert Herrick (1868–1938) was an American novelist, with 11 of his works held in this collection. Public information about him is limited, and details of his life remain unclear, yet his surviving works show a novelist who examined social reality and individual destiny. His representative novel The Memoirs of an American Citizen uses its protagonist's first-person account to portray American society in transition, while The Web of Life and Clark's Field focus on individuals struggling and making choices within actual circumstances. He also wrote One Woman's Life, Together, The Master of the Inn, The World Decision, and Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories. His writing is largely realistic and calmly observed, often using personal experience to bring social issues into view, and his works offer a valuable reference for studying American society and literature of his time.