To Leeward

Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.5

Word count: 543K words
Chapters: 55

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.To Leeward by F. Marion CrawfordAuthor: Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jul 9, 2012

Editor's review

To Leeward is an English novel by F. Marion Crawford, in the category of American and Canadian literature, released free by Project Gutenberg. Crawford was a prolific novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his works are often marked by fine psychological description and dramatic plotting. The book works as an introductory read for understanding late-Victorian Anglo-American popular fiction, and also suits English learners improving their feel for the language through reading an original text. The Project Gutenberg edition's advantages are that it is free, clearly typeset, easy to read on electronic devices, and freely copyable and quotable. When reading, it is advisable to keep Crawford's historical context in mind, follow how character relationships and moral conflicts unfold, and note how the narrative pace of the time differs from today's works. Being a public-domain ebook, it has no modern introduction or annotations, so readers need some English reading ability and a habit of looking things up independently.

Who it's for

A good fit for

English readers who enjoy late-19th-century Anglo-American fiction
Learners who want to improve English reading through public-domain originals
Readers interested in Victorian social and moral themes
Teachers and students needing free electronic texts for teaching or research

Not a good fit for

Readers who want a Chinese translation or a bilingual edition
Readers who prefer fast-paced modern fiction with strong plots
English beginners needing detailed annotations and introductions

Reading tips

Read a chapter or two first to gauge the language difficulty and narrative pace, then decide between close and extensive reading.
Keep a vocabulary notebook for recurring period expressions and forms of address.
Consult background material on late-19th-century Anglo-American literature to understand characters' motives.
For classroom use, select key dialogue passages for small-group discussion.

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As a late-19th-century novel, it has long sentences and period expressions; readers with reading ability at or above college English Band 4, or who can read with a dictionary, are advised to try. Beginners can start with extensive reading and need not look up every word.

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Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909 Author

F. Marion Crawford (Francis Marion Crawford, 1854–1909) was a notably prolific English-language novelist. The library holds 46 of his works, spanning a wide range of subjects: long novels set in Italy, such as Saracinesca, Greifenstein and Fair Margaret: A Portrait; the two-volume Ave Roma Immortalis, which portrays the history and monuments of Rome; the Arabian tale Khaled, A Tale of Arabia; and atmospheric ghost stories including The Upper Berth and Wandering Ghosts. These works show a writer skilled at evoking foreign and historical settings, with clear narrative structure and steady plotting, accomplished both in popular long fiction and in tales of the strange. His supernatural stories in particular have been favored by later anthologies and have had some influence on the English ghost-story tradition. Because public information is limited, biographical details are not elaborated here; the outline above rests on the works in the library's holdings.