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Original Penny Readings

Original Penny Readings

by George Manville Fenn

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Author
Fenn, George Manville, 1831-1909
Title
Original Penny Readings: A Series of Short Sketches
Credits
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Short stories
Category
Text
eBook-No.
34666
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34666
Release Date
December 15, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2."A Series of Short Sketches" — Chapter One. — Paying the Footing. — Chapter Two. — Aboard a Light-Ship. — Chapter Three. — K9—A Queer Dog. — Chapter Four. — Waiting for ’Arry. — Chapter Five. — A Rogue in Grain. — Chapter Six. — A Cabman’s Story. — Chapter Seven. — J. Weltus. — Chapter Eight. — My Fare. — Chapter Nine. — Spots on Life’s Sun. — Chapter Ten. — Dining with Cabby. — Chapter Eleven. — K9’s Adventure. — Chapter Twelve. — A Vulgar Tongue. — Chapter Thirteen. — From Real Life. — Chapter Fourteen. — A Wheel of Misfortune. — Chapter Fifteen. — A Sea Breeze. — Chapter Sixteen. — Told in the Dusk. — Chapter Seventeen. — Mephitic Fumes. — Chapter Eighteen. — On the Great Deep. — Chapter Nineteen. — Martha Jinks’s Egsperiences. — Chapter Twenty. — A Struggle for Life. — Chapter Twenty One. — The Evils of a Wig. — Chapter Twenty Two. — To be Sold by Auction. — Chapter Twenty Three. — A Placard. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Cast Ashore. — Chapter Twenty Five. — The First Stray Hair. — Chapter Twenty Six. — A Piece of Assurance. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — The Decline of the Drama. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — In the Hooghly. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — A Tale of the Great Passion. — Chapter Thirty. — Found in the Street. — Chapter Thirty One. — A Weird Place. — Chapter Thirty Two. — A Common Object.

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