This Simian World
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy English essays and satirical humor
- Readers interested in observing human society through an evolutionary lens
- Learners who want short materials to practice English reading
- People who prefer fragmented reading, dipping in and reflecting as they go
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting a full plot or novelistic narrative
- Researchers seeking systematic academic argument and data support
Reading tips
- Read as a short essay collection for bedtime or commuting, one or two sections at a time, jotting down associations as they come.
- For English reading, read through a paragraph first and then look up new words, preserving the overall feel of the satirical tone.
- After reading, try summarizing the author's observation of one social habit in a single sentence to check your understanding.
About the publisher
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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About the author
Clarence Day (1874–1935) was an American writer and cartoonist, born in New York on November 18, 1874, and died there on December 28, 1935. He is known for his autobiographical novel Life with Father and was a longtime contributor to The New Yorker, skilled at drawing gentle humor and satire from everyday family life. His 1920 humor collection This Simian World uses the world of apes as an allegory for human habits, while The Crow's Nest (1921) continues in an easy, essayistic tone, portraying the small details and warmth of Victorian family life. Three of his works are held in the collection; a common classification is unavailable, and public information is limited. His writing often observes family members in the first person, with plain yet witty language that conveys a fond backward glance at the old family order.
