The Collected Works of Ingersoll Lockwood (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump, Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey, The Last President, Washington: A Heroic Drama of the RevolutionBy Ingersoll Lockwood
Length22h
About this audiobook
The Collected Works of Ingersoll Lockwood gathers a curious body of late nineteenth-century American writing in which children's fantasy, political satire, and speculative romance mingle with the exuberant oddity of fin-de-siècle popular literature. Best known for the Baron Trump tales and the political fantasia 1900; or, The Last President, Lockwood writes in a style at once whimsical, ornate, and slyly allegorical, drawing on adventure fiction, dream-journey narratives, and the era's fascination with science, empire, and social upheaval. Lockwood was a lawyer, diplomat, and man of letters whose cosmopolitan career helped shape his imaginative range. Born in 1841, he served in diplomatic posts and moved within intellectual circles alert to the transformations of modern America. His legal training, political awareness, and taste for the fantastic converge in works that often disguise cultural commentary beneath playful surfaces, revealing anxieties about democracy, wealth, technology, and national destiny. This collection is recommended to readers interested in overlooked American speculative fiction, early children's fantasy, and the stranger byways of political imagination. It rewards both historical curiosity and literary attention, offering a revealing glimpse into the dreams, fears, and eccentric inventions of Gilded Age culture.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Dystopia
Length22 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 13, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Collected Works of Ingersoll Lockwood (Annotated)
32CHAPTER XV
2Introduction
33CHAPTER XVI
3Historical Context
34CHAPTER XVII
4Synopsis (Selection)
35CHAPTER XVIII
5Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger
36CHAPTER XIX
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6CHAPTER I.
37CHAPTER XX
7CHAPTER II.
38CHAPTER XXI
8CHAPTER III.
39CHAPTER XXII
9CHAPTER IV.
40CHAPTER XXIII
10CHAPTER V.
41CHAPTER XXIV
11CHAPTER VI.
42CHAPTER XXV
12CHAPTER VII. (pt. 1)
43CHAPTER XXVI
13CHAPTER VII. (pt. 2)
44CHAPTER XXVII
14CHAPTER VIII.
45CHAPTER XXVIII
15CHAPTER IX.
46CHAPTER XXIX
16Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey
47CHAPTER XXX
17BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF WILHELM HEINRICH SEBASTIAN VON TROOMP, COMMONLY CALLED LITTLE BARON TRUMP
48CHAPTER XXXI
18CHAPTER I
49CHAPTER XXXII
19CHAPTER II
501900 or The Last President
20CHAPTER III
51Washington: A Heroic Drama of the Revolution in Five Acts
21CHAPTER IV
52CHARACTERS.
22CHAPTER V
531775. ACT FIRST.
23CHAPTER VI
541778. ACT SECOND.
24CHAPTER VII
551780 ACT THREE
25CHAPTER VIII
561780. ACT FOURTH
26CHAPTER IX
571783. ACT FIFTH.
27CHAPTER X
58Strange Adventures of a Million Dollars
28CHAPTER XI
59Analysis
29CHAPTER XII
60Reflection
30CHAPTER XIII
61Memorable Quotes
31CHAPTER XIV
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