Rose à Charlitte

Saunders, Marshall, 1861-1947Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 623K words
Chapters: 63

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.Rose à Charlitte by Marshall SaundersAuthor: Saunders, Marshall, 1861-1947,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Nov 5, 2012

Editor's review

Rose à Charlitte is a novel by Canadian author Marshall Saunders, classified under American and Canadian literature, and reissued as a free eBook by Project Gutenberg. Saunders's long-standing concern with animal welfare and social ethics often led her fiction to embed observations on human nature and circumstance within accessible narratives. Set in Acadia, the novel unfolds at a leisurely pace, with character relationships and local color as its chief pleasures; it suits readers seeking an introduction to late nineteenth-century Canadian regional fiction rather than those after strong plot conflict. The electronic edition is easy to search and quote, making it useful for close reading of the public-domain Gutenberg text, and it also suits readers with a reasonable command of English who prefer to read a chapter a day. Note that this is the original English text and that the book is early, so some vocabulary and expressions bear the marks of their time; first-time readers may wish to keep a dictionary or an annotated edition at hand.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in Canadian literature and Acadian regional settings
Readers with the English proficiency to read a long novel slowly in the original
Students and enthusiasts studying late nineteenth-century North American popular fiction
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Not a good fit for

Readers still building basic English reading skills who need a Chinese translation
Readers who prefer fast pacing, strong plots, and suspenseful conflict
Readers seeking systematic historical source material

Reading tips

Start with the bibliographic information and chapter titles on the Gutenberg page to grasp the book's structure before entering the text.
Read one or two chapters a day and jot down character relationships to avoid confusion over similar dialect forms and names.
Mark strongly period-specific words and look them up after finishing the paragraph to reduce interruptions.
After finishing, consult background material on Acadian history to appreciate the novel's local color.

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Is there a Chinese translation of this book?

The available information shows that Project Gutenberg released the book as an English-language eBook and does not mention any Chinese translation. Readers who want to read it in Chinese will need to look for a translation from another publisher or read alongside reference tools.

Is the Gutenberg edition difficult to read?

The text is in English, the book is early, and its sentence patterns and vocabulary bear period features, with regional names of people and places. Readers at college English level can get through it with a dictionary; beginners are advised to start with chapter summaries or an introduction.

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Do I need to know Acadian history to read it?

The novel has a strong regional flavor, and some knowledge of Acadian history and French-speaking settler background helps in understanding the characters' circumstances and the narrative tone. The story can be followed without that background, but some contextual nuance will be lost.

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Saunders, Marshall, 1861-1947 Author

Marshall Saunders (1861-1947) was a Canadian author whose life and nationality are only sparsely documented in public sources. The library holds fifteen of her works, most of them animal stories for young readers, the best known being Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography. Others include Boy the Wandering Dog: Adventures of a Fox-Terrier, the story of a canary named Golden Dicky, and Pussy Black-Face, the tale of a kitten and her friends. She often lets animals narrate, in a warm tone with moral overtones. She also wrote growing-up stories centred on orphans, such as 'Tilda Jane: An Orphan in Search of a Home, along with Deficient Saints: A Tale of Maine and Rose à Charlitte. Her writing stays close to everyday life and dwells on feeling and character, and retains some place in early children's literature.