The Tragic Bride

Young, Francis Brett, 1884-1954Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.5

Word count: 293K words
Chapters: 30

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 Tragic Bride by Francis Brett YoungAuthor: Young, Francis Brett, 1884-1954,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Jun 21, 2008

Editor's review

Francis Brett Young was an early twentieth-century British novelist, and The Tragic Bride belongs to his early full-length fiction, marked by the typical English regional setting and narrative style centered on character fate. The book circulates as a public-domain eBook through Project Gutenberg, with a complete text that is easy to obtain, making it a suitable introductory sample for understanding what Edwardian British fiction looked like. The work revolves around marriage and women's circumstances; its plot advances through the unfolding of characters' psychology and the rural social atmosphere, and its language carries the flavor of its era, so readers can feel the period novel's concern with emotional and moral questions. For readers studying English literature or interested in early twentieth-century popular serious fiction, the book offers a text worth close reading; those seeking only strong plot or a modern pace should adjust their expectations. The electronic edition has no copyright barriers, making it convenient for classroom excerpts, book-club discussion, or language study against the original text.

Who it's for

A good fit for

General readers interested in early twentieth-century British fiction
English literature students using it as a public-domain text for close reading
Readers who enjoy rural settings and narratives of character fate
Organizers who need an English public-domain book as material for book-club discussion

Not a good fit for

Contemporary genre-fiction readers who prefer fast pacing and strong plot
Beginners impatient with Edwardian language style

Reading tips

Read the opening chapters first to grasp the character relationships, then proceed chapter by chapter; avoid skipping, which would lose the groundwork.
Check the Project Gutenberg page for edition information, and pay attention to period diction and narrative point of view while reading.
If used for a book club, design two or three discussion questions around marriage and women's circumstances.

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Is this book a complete novel?

Yes. It is a full-length novel by Francis Brett Young, and Project Gutenberg provides the complete public-domain electronic text, arranged by chapters and readable from beginning to end.

How difficult is the English?

It is early twentieth-century British fiction language, with sentence patterns and diction characteristic of the period, at an upper-intermediate level of difficulty. Readers with college-level English reading ability can make their way through; use a dictionary for unfamiliar words and do not insist on parsing every word.

Why does the recommendation not mention sales or awards?

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About the author

Young, Francis Brett, 1884-1954 Author

Francis Brett Young (1884–1954) was an English novelist. Four of his works are held in this collection: The Tragic Bride, The Black Diamond, The Young Physician, and The Crescent Moon. Because public information is limited, details of his life cannot be firmly established; yet judging from the titles and common classifications of these works, his writing often draws on themes of marriage and emotion, the medical profession, and provincial life. His style tends toward realism, with attention to character and everyday experience. The title The Young Physician points to the place of medicine in his fiction, while The Black Diamond suggests narrative with industrial or strongly regional colouring. Overall, his novels occupy a place between popular and serious fiction in early twentieth-century Britain, and his substantial output offers useful reading for understanding the social life and narrative tastes of the period.