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Title: Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 1
Contents: How we got up the Glenmutchkin Railway, and how we got out of it / Professor Aytoun -- Vanderdecken's message home; or the tenacity of natural affection -- The floating beacon -- Colonna the painter: a tale of Italy and the arts -- Napoleon / J.G. Lockhart -- A legend of Gibraltar / E.B. Hamley -- The iron shroud / William Mudford.
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Summary: "Tales from 'Blackwood', Volume 1" by Various is a collection of narrative fiction that encapsulates stories likely written during the 19th century. This anthology includes a variety of tales from the renowned Scottish journal, Blackwood's Magazine, showcasing a blend of commentary on societal trends and imaginative storytelling. The opening tale, "How We Got Up The Glenmutchkin Railway" by Professor Aytoun, introduces readers to the vividly absurd world of railway speculators during the era of the railway mania in Britain. At the start of the collection, the narrative centers around Augustus Reginald Dunshunner, who, alongside his equally uninspired friend Bob M'Corkindale, grapples with dwindling finances and a lack of ambition. The friends decide to embark on a ludicrous scheme to create a railway line to the fictional Glenmutchkin, a humorous critique of the reckless speculation that pervaded the 19th-century economic landscape. As they concoct a plan filled with grandiosity yet devoid of practicality, calling on comically dubious characters for their venture, the tale promises a blend of wit and social commentary that sets the tone for the stories to follow in the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 63.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Various
EBook No.: 31826
Published: Mar 30, 2010
Downloads: 265
Language: English
Subject: Fiction
Subject: Short stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 1
Contents: How we got up the Glenmutchkin Railway, and how we got out of it / Professor Aytoun -- Vanderdecken's message home; or the tenacity of natural affection -- The floating beacon -- Colonna the painter: a tale of Italy and the arts -- Napoleon / J.G. Lockhart -- A legend of Gibraltar / E.B. Hamley -- The iron shroud / William Mudford.
Credits:
Produced by D Alexander, Juliet Sutherland and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Tales from 'Blackwood', Volume 1" by Various is a collection of narrative fiction that encapsulates stories likely written during the 19th century. This anthology includes a variety of tales from the renowned Scottish journal, Blackwood's Magazine, showcasing a blend of commentary on societal trends and imaginative storytelling. The opening tale, "How We Got Up The Glenmutchkin Railway" by Professor Aytoun, introduces readers to the vividly absurd world of railway speculators during the era of the railway mania in Britain. At the start of the collection, the narrative centers around Augustus Reginald Dunshunner, who, alongside his equally uninspired friend Bob M'Corkindale, grapples with dwindling finances and a lack of ambition. The friends decide to embark on a ludicrous scheme to create a railway line to the fictional Glenmutchkin, a humorous critique of the reckless speculation that pervaded the 19th-century economic landscape. As they concoct a plan filled with grandiosity yet devoid of practicality, calling on comically dubious characters for their venture, the tale promises a blend of wit and social commentary that sets the tone for the stories to follow in the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 63.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Various
EBook No.: 31826
Published: Mar 30, 2010
Downloads: 265
Language: English
Subject: Fiction
Subject: Short stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.