The White Horses

Project GutenbergProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.9
Word count
481K words
Chapters
49

Tags

English Originals Suspense ThrillerNature ObservationLegendary LivesAdventure JourneyFate and FortuneVengeance and GratitudeHeroismSymbolic TaleEvocative ImageryHeartwarming Narrative

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 White Horses by Halliwell SutcliffeAuthor: ,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Aug 24, 2013

Editor's review

"The White Horses" is a novel by Halliwell Sutcliffe, released by Project Gutenberg as an English ebook. Sutcliffe was a British writer whose works are mostly drawn from the Yorkshire moors and rural life, and this book continues that tradition of strongly regional narrative. For Chinese readers the appeal is twofold: first, the original English lets them feel the texture of language and landscape description in early twentieth-century British regional fiction; second, as a public-domain ebook it is free to obtain, making it light practice material for reading original English. Note that the book is in English without Chinese annotation; the pacing is slow and the local color dense, so readers seeking strong plot or fast pace may find it unsatisfying. Reading alongside materials on Yorkshire geography and British regional literature will better convey the atmosphere and character of the book.

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  1. First learn about the geography of the Yorkshire moors and the background of regional literature, then enter the text.
  2. Read one or two chapters a day, marking new words first and looking them up later to keep the reading rhythm.
  3. After finishing, compare with the tradition of British regional fiction and outline the book's regional writing features.

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Contents

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Is there a Chinese translation of this book? According to available information, the book is released by Project Gutenberg in the original English, with no Chinese translation mentioned. Chinese readers need some English reading ability or must find other editions themselves.
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