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The Red Redmaynes

Phillpotts, Eden, 1862-1960Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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523K words
Chapters
53
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English Originals Foreign Literature Suspense ThrillerAdventure PursuitFamily SecretIdentity MysterySuspenseful AtmosphereCriminal PsychologyDetective FictionEnglish Countryside

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 Red Redmaynes by Eden PhillpottsAuthor: Phillpotts, Eden, 1862-1960,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Nov 26, 2004

Editor's review

The Red Redmaynes is a novel by the British author Eden Phillpotts and is a public-domain eBook in the English literature category. Phillpotts was known for his productivity, and his works often combine suspense, regional settings, and group portraits of characters. The title points to a family or group bearing the surname “Redmayne”; judging from the author’s usual narrative methods, the story may revolve around family secrets, interpersonal entanglements, or local society, with a certain suspense and dramatic tension. As a Project Gutenberg public-domain text, the book is easy to obtain and search for free and is suitable for English literature enthusiasts seeking to broaden their reading, as well as for readers studying the narrative modes of late Victorian to Edwardian popular fiction. When reading, pay attention to how character relationships are developed and how dialogue advances the plot rather than expecting the fast-paced twists of modern suspense fiction. The electronic edition has no modern annotations, so details involving the period background can be checked separately. Overall, this is a public-domain English novel suited to leisurely appreciation over a longer reading period.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • English literature enthusiasts hoping to broaden their reading of late Victorian popular fiction
  • Readers of suspense and family narratives interested in group portraits and stories of revealed secrets
  • Public-domain eBook readers accustomed to obtaining original English texts for free
  • English majors who need fiction corpus from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century

Not a good fit for

  • Readers who prefer fast-paced modern suspense and lack patience for slow development
  • Beginners who need modern annotations and introductions, as this public-domain text has no added commentary
  • Casual readers uninterested in English regional settings and period language style

Reading tips

  1. Read the first few chapters to clarify character relationships; a self-made character list can help with memory
  2. Pay attention to period expressions in dialogue and scene description, and look up unfamiliar expressions promptly
  3. Proceed chapter by chapter and record clues; suitable for reading in several sessions rather than in one speed-reading pass
  4. Compare with public-domain resources of other Phillpotts works to understand his narrative style

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 a detective novel or a family novel?
Judging from the title and the author’s usual style, the work involves a family group and secret-driven narrative and may contain suspense elements, but it should not be simply classified as a modern detective novel. The specific genre must be judged by reading the original; readers are advised to expect a family and group-portrait narrative.
Does the Project Gutenberg edition have annotations?
This edition is a public-domain electronic text and usually contains no modern annotations, introduction, or scholarly commentary. Readers who need to understand the period background and unfamiliar expressions must consult relevant materials themselves or use dictionary tools.
How difficult is the English? Is it suitable for non-native readers?
The work was written in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century, and its language style differs from contemporary English, with longer sentences and more period expressions. Non-native readers with upper-intermediate to advanced English can attempt it, preferably with a dictionary and a slower reading pace.
What else is notable about the author Eden Phillpotts?
Phillpotts was a prolific British writer whose work includes novels, plays, and poetry, often with regional color and group portraits of characters. Readers can treat him as a sample for understanding the popular literature of the period rather than focusing on a single genre.

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About the author

Phillpotts, Eden, 1862-1960 Author

Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) was a prolific English author whose works span novels and short stories. Sixteen of his books are included here, among them Children of the Mist, The Red Redmaynes, The Grey Room, The Spinners, The Torch and Other Tales, The Human Boy, The Human Boy and the War, and The Poacher's Wife. These works show him building suspenseful and emotionally charged narratives around rural settings and family relationships, with a style that combines realism and romance. Some of his books centre on boyhood and growth, and are therefore classed as inspirational coming-of-age reading. Public information about the details of his life is limited, yet his works hold a modest place in English and American popular fiction, offering readers a glimpse of the variety of early twentieth-century British storytelling.

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