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The Real Adventure

Henry Kitchell WebsterProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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English Originals Foreign Literature Legendary LivesAdventure QuestFateful ChoiceLove EntanglementsUrban RomanceHuman NatureSelf-GrowthPopular NarrativeSocial ObservationFemale Perspective

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.The Real Adventure by Henry Kitchell WebsterAuthor: Webster, Henry Kitchell, 1875-1932,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Mar 16, 2005

Editor's review

The Real Adventure is an American novel by Henry Kitchell Webster, included in Project Gutenberg under American literature (PS class). Webster was active in the early twentieth century, and his works often revolve around urban life, marriage, and personal growth, as this book does. The title "The Real Adventure" suggests the story concerns not only outward circumstances but also self-discovery through emotion and choice. As a public-domain ebook, its value lies in offering a window into early twentieth-century American social attitudes and narrative tastes, written with the readability of popular fiction of its time. It suits general reading in English literature or reference for those studying American popular fiction and the digital humanities project of Project Gutenberg. Readers should understand character motives and gender roles in their historical context rather than judge them by contemporary standards. Those used to fast-paced plots may wish to read the opening chapters first to see whether the narrative pace suits them.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Readers who want to learn about early twentieth-century American urban life through an English-language novel
  • Literature enthusiasts interested in American popular fiction and marriage-themed narratives
  • Learners who need public-domain English texts for extensive reading or textual analysis practice
  • Researchers interested in Project Gutenberg and digital public reading resources

Not a good fit for

  • Readers seeking high-density suspense or strongly plot-driven genre fiction
  • Beginners with weak English reading skills who need Chinese annotations
  • Readers impatient with early twentieth-century social attitudes and narrative pacing

Reading tips

  1. Read Chapter One and the table of contents first to grasp the main characters' relationships, then decide whether to read closely or extensively.
  2. Prepare a brief background sheet on the era and note how marriage, career, and gender attitudes appear in dialogue.
  3. Progress at a pace of three to five chapters per week, and after reading, note changes in characters' choices in a journal.
  4. If using it for language learning, excerpt dialogue passages to observe the English usage of the period.

About the publisher

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.

Contents

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FAQ

Is this book in Chinese or English? How difficult is it to read?
The original is in English; Project Gutenberg provides an English electronic text with no Chinese translation. The language reflects early twentieth-century American fiction: medium-length sentences and not overly obscure vocabulary, though some social background and colloquial expressions require lookup. Readers with CET-4 or above and experience with long novels will find it relatively easy to get into.
What are the features of the Project Gutenberg edition?
Project Gutenberg is one of the earliest projects to offer free ebooks. This book is a public-domain text it includes, with a release date of March 16, 2005, and a current entry year of 2019. The text is freely available, usually as plain text or in multiple electronic formats, suitable for reading on a computer, e-reader, or phone, and easy to copy passages from for study notes.
Do I need to know about the author before reading?
Not necessarily. Henry Kitchell Webster (1875–1932) was an American novelist. Readers can enter the story directly from the text. To understand the social context of the characters, they may consult background material on early twentieth-century American urban life and the development of popular fiction after finishing, but this is not a prerequisite for reading.

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About the author

Henry Kitchell Webster Author · American · 1875–1932

Henry Kitchell Webster (1875–1932) was an American novelist and short-story writer, born in Evanston, Illinois, and a graduate of Hamilton College. He is known for fiction dealing with business and industry. His representative work, Calumet K, co-written with Samuel Merwin, centers on commercial competition, while The Short Line War, Mary Wollaston, and The Real Adventure focus on social realities and individual fates. Writing largely in serial form, he crafted tightly plotted stories close to the spirit of his time and was among the more popular serial novelists in early twentieth-century America. Owing to limited public information, details of his life and a complete bibliography remain to be verified; this introduction draws mainly on the works recorded here and standard biographical sources.

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