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LoC No.: 12016894
Title: The Fall of Ulysses: An Elephant Story
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Summary: "The Fall of Ulysses: An Elephant Story" by Charles Dwight Willard is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around the eccentric journey of a man who attempts to teach an elephant named Ulysses to read and write. This exploration serves as a delightful examination of intelligence, communication, and the relationship between humans and animals. The story unfolds as the protagonist, filled with ambition and naivety, embarks on a mission to educate Ulysses, believing that patience and care can elevate an elephant's intellect. As time passes, Ulysses not only learns language and communication but also begins to surpass the educational limitations of his human counterpart. Their bond transforms from master and servant into a complex relationship marked by the elephant's emerging superiority in knowledge and intellect. The climax of the tale arrives when Ulysses, having gained extensive knowledge from the reading of several complex texts, challenges his master's authority, leading to an unexpected tragic conclusion that highlights themes of ambition, hubris, and the wonders of intelligence—whether human or animal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Willard, Charles Dwight, 1866-1914
Illustrator: Ver Beck, Frank, 1858-1933
EBook No.: 61624
Published: Mar 17, 2020
Downloads: 103
Language: English
Subject: Humorous stories
Subject: Education -- Fiction
Subject: British -- India -- Fiction
Subject: Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
Subject: Elephants -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 12016894
Title: The Fall of Ulysses: An Elephant Story
Credits:
Produced by Richard Tonsing, deaurider, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "The Fall of Ulysses: An Elephant Story" by Charles Dwight Willard is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around the eccentric journey of a man who attempts to teach an elephant named Ulysses to read and write. This exploration serves as a delightful examination of intelligence, communication, and the relationship between humans and animals. The story unfolds as the protagonist, filled with ambition and naivety, embarks on a mission to educate Ulysses, believing that patience and care can elevate an elephant's intellect. As time passes, Ulysses not only learns language and communication but also begins to surpass the educational limitations of his human counterpart. Their bond transforms from master and servant into a complex relationship marked by the elephant's emerging superiority in knowledge and intellect. The climax of the tale arrives when Ulysses, having gained extensive knowledge from the reading of several complex texts, challenges his master's authority, leading to an unexpected tragic conclusion that highlights themes of ambition, hubris, and the wonders of intelligence—whether human or animal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Willard, Charles Dwight, 1866-1914
Illustrator: Ver Beck, Frank, 1858-1933
EBook No.: 61624
Published: Mar 17, 2020
Downloads: 103
Language: English
Subject: Humorous stories
Subject: Education -- Fiction
Subject: British -- India -- Fiction
Subject: Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
Subject: Elephants -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.