Original Penny Readings: A Series of Short Sketches
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About This Book
George Manville Fenn "Christmas Penny Original Sketches for the Season" is a stunning collection of vacation memories that replicate the spirit of Christmas in Victorian England. Fenn's compilation, published in the 19th century, invites readers to take part in the practice of "penny readings," which made affordable literary entertainment available to a massive target audience over the holiday season. The memories in this book take area in opposition to the backdrop of a Victorian Christmas, giving readers a perception into the customs, occasions, and sentiments of the time. Fenn's narrative c...
Chapters (64)
- 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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