{"product_id":"short-stories-volume-vi-von-charles-dickens","title":"Short Stories - Volume VI","description":"\u003cp\u003eClassic from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, , language: English, abstract: Plated Article \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePutting up for the night in one of the chiefest towns of Staffordshire, I find it to be by no means a lively town. In fact, it is as dull and dead a town as any one could desire not to see. It seems as if its whole population might be imprisoned in its Railway Station. The Refreshment Room at that Station is a vortex of dissipation compared with the extinct town-inn, the Dodo, in the dull High Street.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Poor Man's Tale of a Patent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am not used to writing for print. What working-man, that never labours less (some Mondays, and Christmas Time and Easter Time excepted) than twelve or fourteen hours a day, is? But I have been asked to put down, plain, what I have got to say; and so I take pen-and-ink, and do it to the best of my power, hoping defects will find excuse.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Poor Relation's Story \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was very reluctant to take precedence of so many respected members of the family, by beginning the round of stories they were to relate as they sat in a goodly circle by the Christmas fire; and he modestly suggested that it would be more correct if ¿John our esteemed host¿ (whose health he begged to drink) would have the kindness to begin.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrince Bull \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time, and of course it was in the Golden Age, and I hope you may know when that was, for I am sure I don't, though I have tried hard to find out, there lived in a rich and fertile country, a powerful Prince whose name was BULL.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublic Life of Mr. Tulrumble ¿ Once Mayor of Mudfog \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMudfog is a pleasant town¿a remarkably pleasant town¿situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Schoolboy's Story \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing rather young at present¿I am getting on in years, but still I am rather young¿I have no particular adventures of my own to fall back upon.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Seven Poor Travellers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrictly speaking, there were only six Poor Travellers; but, being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Signal Man \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¿Halloa! Below there!¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640246878\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePlated Article, A Poor Man's Tale of a Patent, The Poor Relation's Story, Prince Bull, Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble - Once Mayor of Mudfog, The Schoolboy's Story, The Seven Poor Travellers, The Signal Man\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640246878","offer_id":58985966993733,"sku":"9783640246878","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/73461_f424539a-737f-4e7f-8af6-0d7111b20078.jpg?v=1787633086","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/short-stories-volume-vi-von-charles-dickens","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}