Under the Rebel's Reign

Neufeld, Charles, 1856-1918Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 459K words
Chapters: 46

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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.Under the Rebel's Reign by Charles NeufeldAuthor: Neufeld, Charles, 1856-1918,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Dec 12, 2007

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Under the Rebel's Reign is an English narrative work by Charles Neufeld, classified by Project Gutenberg under American and Canadian literature and released as a free electronic edition. Judging from the title and classification, it has a first-hand or chronicle-like quality and serves as a useful sample of late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century English popular narrative and exotic subject matter. Its reading value lies more in the historical context of the text itself: readers can observe how English writing of the period handled conflict, power, and local experience. Read it with background awareness, treating it as a period text rather than authoritative history, and note the narrator's stance and selections. The electronic edition makes it easy to search for characters and place names and is suitable for reading alongside related historical materials.

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Students of exotic and conflict themes in English literature
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Is this book a novel or a memoir?

The materials only indicate that it belongs to the American and Canadian literature category and do not specify the genre. Judging from the title and the author's identity, it has a first-hand chronicle quality, but it should not be directly judged as either a pure memoir or a pure novel. Note the narrative mode while reading and consult other sources to confirm its nature.

Why is it classified under American and Canadian literature?

Project Gutenberg's classification number PS corresponds to American and Canadian literature within language and literature. This means the platform files it under a literary classification; it does not mean the story necessarily takes place in North America or that the author is a North American writer. The specific content still needs to be judged by reading the text.

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About the author

Neufeld, Charles, 1856-1918 Author · German · 1856–1918

Charles Neufeld (1856–1918) was a German merchant and writer whose life is known only from limited public sources, chiefly through his personal experience in Sudan. He was taken captive there and later turned his years of imprisonment into the memoir A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Years Captivity at Omdurman, which recounts twelve years of captivity in Omdurman. He also wrote Under the Rebel's Reign. Two of his works are held in this collection. Grounded in firsthand observation, his writing combines the documentary quality of memoir with narrative force, offering a primary perspective on the political turmoil in late nineteenth-century Sudan and the situation of Europeans there, and is of value for understanding the history of the Mahdist period.