Walter Harland

Harriet S. CaswellProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 262K words
Chapters: 27

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.Walter Harland by Harriet S. CaswellAuthor: Caswell, Harriet S., 1834-,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: May 8, 2005

Editor's review

Walter Harland is an English-language novel by Harriet S. Caswell (1834–), available through Project Gutenberg and classified under American and Canadian literature. A nineteenth-century work by a woman author, it carries the narrative style of its era and follows the experiences of its protagonist, Walter Harland. It will appeal to readers interested in early North American fiction and in the Gothic or sentimental traditions. The value of the Project Gutenberg edition is that it is free, searchable and can be stored offline, so readers can go straight to the original text without relying on modern reprints or abridged versions. It is best read in the context of nineteenth-century American popular fiction, with attention to the narrator's moral perspective and the way characters are drawn. Given the limited information available, the specific plot and character relationships must be confirmed by opening the text itself. It suits supplementary reading in literary history or extensive reading in English rather than light recreational reading.

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English literature students studying nineteenth-century American fiction
Readers interested in public-domain e-books from Project Gutenberg
Advanced English learners seeking extensive reading in original English texts
Literary history enthusiasts interested in works by early women authors

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Beginner readers who need a Chinese translation or bilingual edition
Readers who prefer fast-paced plots and modern narrative techniques
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Start with the bibliographic information and classification on the Project Gutenberg page to confirm the edition and length before planning your reading.
Read it alongside an overview of nineteenth-century American fiction as supplementary reading in literary history.
For the English original, read a fixed number of pages each day and mark unfamiliar expressions to look up later in one go.
After finishing, note the narrative perspective and moral themes so you can compare the book with works of the same period.

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Is this book in Chinese or English?

According to the Project Gutenberg data, the language is English and the original text is in English. The available information shows no Chinese translation, so readers need some ability to read English.

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Not really. It is a nineteenth-century novel whose sentence patterns and vocabulary bear the marks of its time, and beginners are likely to struggle with long sentences and old-fashioned expressions. It is better suited to readers with some experience of reading English originals.

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The available information gives only the author's birth and death years and the book's classification, with no detailed biography. You can begin with the broader context of nineteenth-century American women's writing and popular fiction before entering the text; you need not rely on a biography of the author.

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About the author

Harriet S. Caswell Author · American · 1834–1910

Harriet S. Caswell (1834–1910) was an American missionary and writer who long carried out missionary work among the Seneca and Cayuga Indians in New York State. Drawing on that experience, she wrote the memoir Our Life Among the Iroquois Indians (1892), which preserves a first-hand record of nineteenth-century missionary activity among Native Americans. In addition to the memoir, she published novels and story collections, including Walter Harland, The Path of Duty, and Other Stories, and Stories and Sketches. These works mostly draw on rural life and human manners, written in a plain style and attentive to everyday ethics and the circumstances of her characters. Public information on her life and writing as a whole is limited; three of her works are held here, and a common classification is not yet available.