Phantom Fortune, a Novel

Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.2
Word count
1M words
Chapters
101

Tags

English Originals Fate and FortuneFamily BondsFamily Rise and FallLove EntanglementsFortune StrugglesUrban RomanceComplex HumanitySuspenseful PlotMoral DilemmaWealth Stories

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.Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. BraddonAuthor: Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Feb 1, 2004

Editor's review

Phantom Fortune, a Novel is one of the long works by M. E. Braddon, a prolific novelist of the Victorian era, presented here by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain eBook. Braddon is known for sensation novels with intricate plots and tangled relationships, and this book likewise revolves around family secrets, inheritance, and emotional entanglements, with a narrative pace that carries the typical tension of nineteenth-century serialized fiction. For readers studying Victorian popular literature, women's writing, or the sensation fiction genre, this work offers a text worth close reading; the English original is also suitable as material for training in reading long English novels. Note that this is an English public-domain electronic text, not a Chinese translation with annotations, so readers should bring their own background knowledge or use reference tools. It is suitable for literature courses, genre-fiction research, or leisure reading of serial-style plots, but not for quick light reading.

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Reading tips

  1. First learn about the stylistic features of the sensation novel and the context of Victorian serial publication, then start the text.
  2. Prepare a character relationship chart and record the unfolding of family secrets and inheritance clues as you read.
  3. For the English original, read a fixed amount each day; mark unfamiliar expressions first and look them up together later.
  4. If used for a course or research, select key chapters and read them alongside comparable works of the same period.

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FAQ

Is this book in Chinese or the original English? This is an English public-domain eBook released by Project Gutenberg; the text is the original English, with no Chinese translation or annotations. Chinese readers need some ability to read long English novels, or should use dictionaries and辅助 tools.
I haven't read other works by Braddon. Can I read this one directly? Yes. This is a standalone novel and does not depend on prior events from other works. However, Braddon excels at sensation-novel plotting; readers new to her work may first learn the basic features of the genre to better grasp the narrative pace and suspense.
Is this book suitable for literary research? It is suitable as textual material for research on Victorian popular literature and sensation fiction. It is a public-domain electronic text, easy to search and cite, but lacks collation and annotations; for formal research, consult other editions or relevant literary histories.
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About the author

Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915 Author

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915) was an English novelist of the Victorian era, known for her intricate, suspenseful popular fiction. Her representative work, Lady Audley's Secret, revolves around concealed identity and hidden secrets and is regarded as part of the "sensation novel" tradition, enjoying wide popularity in its day. The collection holds 35 of her works, including, besides the above, the three-volume Aurora Floyd, Wyllard's Weird, the three-volume John Marchmont's Legacy, All along the River and Run to Earth. She excelled at weaving crime, deception and emotional entanglements into domestic settings, with brisk pacing and dramatic turns of fortune; her work has had a lasting influence on later popular and suspense fiction. Public information on the details of her life is limited, so they are not elaborated here.