The Senator's Favorite

Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs., 1850-1937Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.3

Word count: 354K words
Chapters: 36

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 Senator's Favorite by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh MillerAuthor: Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs., 1850-1937,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Aug 1, 2017

Editor's review

This is a full-length popular novel by the American writer Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller, digitized by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain ebook. Mrs. Miller was known for her twisting plots and emotionally charged popular storytelling. This book revolves around the relationships among the people around a senator and has a marked sentimental and melodramatic flavor: questions of identity, emotional entanglements, and the open and hidden struggles of social circles advance the story together. Its value for readers lies mainly at the level of popular literary history—it shows how American mass fiction of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries organized suspense, shaped female characters, and responded to political and domestic issues. The style is rather plain, with pacing driven by plot, making it a useful sample for understanding popular reading tastes of the time. Readers should not expect deep social analysis or finely polished prose; they should follow the story in a relaxed frame of mind while noting how the senator figure and women's circumstances are presented, since such details often reveal period attitudes more clearly than the plot itself.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy late nineteenth-century American popular romance and melodrama
Literature students studying the history of American mass fiction and women's writing
Intermediate learners who want light reading practice with an original English text
Casual readers interested in senator-themed stories and social-circle narratives

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking serious political analysis or institutional description
Readers who prefer fast-paced modern suspense and have little tolerance for melodrama
Beginners who need detailed annotations or a Chinese translation

Reading tips

Read the first few chapters to grasp the character relationships and the setup of suspense, then make a simple character chart to aid reading.
Treat it as a sample of popular literary history, noting as you read how female characters are described and how they act.
For English reading practice, set a fixed number of chapters each day and, after reading, retell the plot turns and character motives in your own words.

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.

FAQ

Is this a political novel?

It is closer to a popular romance and melodrama set against the background of a senator and those around him. Political elements mostly serve character relationships and suspense rather than offering a systematic discussion of political institutions. It is best approached as a popular novel.

What is Mrs. Miller's writing style like?

Sources show that she was active in American popular literature from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. In this book, the plot moves through emotional entanglements and questions of identity; the language is plain and highly dramatic, suitable for light reading and not to be judged by the standards of serious literature.

Is the English difficult?

As a public-domain popular English novel, its sentence structure is generally plain; the main difficulties are period expressions and forms of address. Readers with intermediate English can attempt it, skipping unfamiliar words when necessary to follow the main plot.

Why is it still worth reading today?

Its value lies in offering a sample of popular reading history: it shows what kinds of suspense, emotions, and images of women attracted readers of the time. It is especially useful for readers studying popular literature and gender representation.

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Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs., 1850-1937 Author

Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller (1850–1937) was an author of popular English-language fiction in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, known by her married name and leaving behind a body of plot-driven novels. Because public information is limited, details of her life, nationality, and education remain difficult to establish with certainty; the library holds sixteen of her works. Titles such as The Senator's Bride and The Bride of the Tomb suggest that she specialized in suspenseful, emotionally charged popular narratives built around marriage, hidden identity, and revenge. Her heroines are often poor or otherwise disadvantaged, as in Little Nobody and Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl. Such fiction catered to a broad readership and bears the clear marks of the serial and inexpensive popular literature of its day; though not part of the classic canon, it offers a useful sample for studying women's writing in popular fiction.