The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton - Couverture souple

Curtis, Wardon Allan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1387094300 ISBN 13 : 9781387094301

Editeur : Lulu.com, 2017

Synopsis

A collection of 15 fantasy short stories, similar to the "Arabian Nights", set in Chicago. Excerpt: The Manner in Which Mr. Edward Middleton Encounters the Emir Achmed Ben Daoud. It was a lowering and gloomy night in the early part of the present century. Mr. Edward Middleton, a gallant youth, who had but lately passed his twenty-third year, was faring northward along the southern part of that famous avenue of commerce, Clark Street, in the city of Chicago, wending his way toward the emporium of Mr. Marks Cohen. Suddenly the rain which the cloudy heaven had been promising for many hours, began to descend in great scattered drops that presaged a heavy shower. Mr. Middleton hastened his steps. It was possible that if the dress-suit he wore, hired for the occasion of the wedding of his friend, Mr. Chauncey Stackelberg, should become imbued with moisture in the shower that now seemed imminent,...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lulu.com
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1387094300
• ISBN 13: 9781387094301
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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