Throckmorton: A Novel

Seawell, Molly Elliot, 1860-1916Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.8
Word count
419K words
Chapters
42

Tags

English Originals Marriage EthicsSocial ObservationFate and FortuneFamily SecretLove EntanglementsComplex HumanityGrowing UpMoral DilemmaAmerican SouthVictorian Era

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.Throckmorton: A Novel by Molly Elliot SeawellAuthor: Seawell, Molly Elliot, 1860-1916,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jul 24, 2011

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Throckmorton: A Novel is a work by the late nineteenth-century American woman writer Molly Elliot Seawell, falling under the category of American and Canadian literature, and made available as a public-domain ebook by Project Gutenberg. The novel continues the author's attention to regional settings and human relationships, with a measured narrative pace and dialogue bearing the marks of its era, suited to readers curious about the shape of nineteenth-century American fiction or interested in public-domain literary resources. It is not a fast-paced popular read but rather a window onto the social atmosphere and domestic ethics of an older era. Readers should keep in mind the values and linguistic habits of the period and place characters' words and actions in historical context in order to grasp the author's narrative intent. As a public-domain electronic text, it is easily obtained and suits分段 reading on electronic devices, as well as supplementary material for courses on nineteenth-century American fiction in English and American literature.

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  1. Read the opening chapters first to see whether the narrative pace and language style suit you before committing to the whole book.
  2. Keep notes on character relationships as you read to avoid confusion from old-fashioned forms of address and social scenes.
  3. Read alongside background material on nineteenth-century American society to understand the logic behind characters' behavior.
  4. Use the search function of the electronic text to locate key scenes, making thematic skimming easier.

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Contents

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About the author

Seawell, Molly Elliot, 1860-1916 Author

Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916) was an American writer. Public information about her life is limited, but her six works in the collection give a glimpse of her writing. Her subjects range from history to fiction: The Rock of the Lion and Twelve Naval Captains show her interest in naval history and historical figures, while novels such as Francezka and Throckmorton: A Novel display her skill in fictional narrative. Two further books, Betty at Fort Blizzard and Betty's Virginia Christmas, center on a character named Betty and have a lighter tone with a strong sense of local life. Overall, her writing stands between historical reportage and popular fiction, often concerned with military and maritime matters and with American regional life, in clear and readable prose suited to a general audience.