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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers studying 19th-century American literature and domestic narrative
- Readers interested in American social history and changes in family ethics
- English learners who wish to read public-domain English originals
- Casual readers who enjoy old-style moral instruction stories
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer strongly plotted, fast-paced modern fiction
- Readers unaccustomed to 19th-century English expression and sentence patterns
- Readers expecting systematic scholarly notes or an introduction
Reading tips
- Begin with the table of contents and opening chapters to grasp the book's themes and narrative tone, then decide whether to read closely or selectively.
- Keep a vocabulary notebook to record 19th-century expressions rarely used today, which will help in understanding the context.
- Read alongside background materials on 19th-century American family and society to deepen understanding.
- If time is limited, read selected chapters or passages related to family duty and everyday ethics.
About the publisher
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.
Contents
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About the author
T. S. Arthur (Timothy Shay Arthur, 1809–1885) was a nineteenth-century American popular novelist and editor. Born in Newburgh, New York, he later settled in Philadelphia. He wrote more than 150 novels in his lifetime; 31 of his works are held in this collection, commonly classified under inspirational and personal growth. His writing often centers on temperance and family ethics, using everyday domestic scenes and the changing fortunes of his characters to convey moral lessons, with accessible plots and a strong didactic flavor typical of his era. His best-known work, Ten Nights in a Bar Room, was widely popular across the United States, with sales second only to Uncle Tom's Cabin. His other works include Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper, Grappling with the Monster; or, the Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink, The Two Wives, and Cast Adrift. Public information on his early education and career is limited, and existing accounts focus mainly on the themes and broad influence of his works.
