A Fool There Was

by Porter Emerson Browne

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

Genres: Fiction

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1909

Reviews

[Kyle O'Shields]

I picked this one up because I saw a copy for sale and I liked the film version of it. Honestly, before reading it, I was expecting to hate it. Partially, this was because of the book's age (1909). The other reason was because I knew that it would incorporate some very dated ideology (traces of Social Darwinism, for example). While these were certainly there, I was surprised at how nicely-written some of the prose was. Put briefly, I liked it more than I thought I would. It's no great literary classic, but it's not bad.
As for how it compares to the film version, much of the book is cut out of the film. I was somewhat expecting this before I even read the book, so I was on the lookout for the point when the events that take place in the film would start. The events of the film started somewhere around page eighty-five (keep in mind that I have an original 1909 copy, not a reprint with a different type size). That's how much is in the book that isn't in the film. There are also entire characters that were left out of the film version.

[Samantha Glasser]

Read this book online for free through Project Gutenberg:
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[Curiosityreadit]

For 1909 I think this was a dark and racy femme fatale story. I loved it when I was younger and read it more than once.