Herbert Carter's Legacy; Or, the Inventor's Son by Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899 is presented here as a catalogued digital edition in the Science Fiction & Utopias section of irtvi.com.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 50,533 words, corresponding to an estimated 220 minutes of reading, and is divided into 8 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 11.2 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.084. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction, Social classes -- Juvenile fiction, Inheritance and succession -- Juvenile fiction, Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction, Country life -- New York (State) -- Juvenile fiction, New York (State) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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