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Little Masterpieces of Fiction, Vol. 3
Excerpt from Little Masterpieces of Fiction, Vol. 3
I had hardly made my appearance in the world when, for the first time in his life, my father began to display bad temper. Although as yet I was of only a doubtful shade of gray, he failed to recognise in me either the colour or the form of his numerous progeny. Sometimes he would cock his head, and look at me askance, and say: There is an untidy child for you; it would seem as if the little blackguard took pains to go and wallow in every mud-hole and plaster-heap that he came to, he is always so ugly and filthy.
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I had hardly made my appearance in the world when, for the first time in his life, my father began to display bad temper. Although as yet I was of only a doubtful shade of gray, he failed to recognise in me either the colour or the form of his numerous progeny. Sometimes he would cock his head, and look at me askance, and say: There is an untidy child for you; it would seem as if the little blackguard took pains to go and wallow in every mud-hole and plaster-heap that he came to, he is always so ugly and filthy.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
192 pages, Paperback
Published September 16, 2018
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
686 books34 followersHamilton Wright Mabie, A.M., L.H.D., LL.D. (1846–1916) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer.
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September 21, 2024
some stories certainly entertained me more than others, but wow isn’t it a lovely existence to be genius, beautiful, and mad?
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