Project Gutenberg 2011-09-17 Public domain in the USA. 366 Anstey, F. 1856 1934 Guthrie, Thomas Anstey Partridge, Bernard 1861 1945 Partridge, John Bernard Partridge, J. Bernard Gould, Bernard Puppets at Large: Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show Doing a cathedral -- The instantaneous process -- In the cause of charity -- The classical scholar in reduced circumstances -- Rus in urbe -- Catching the early boat -- Society's next craze -- An ideal interviewer -- Saturday night in the Edgware Road -- The "Model Husband" contest -- The courier of the Hague -- Feeling their way -- A testimonial manqué -- The model democracy -- By parliamentary -- The farming of the future -- A dialogue on art -- The old love and the new -- A doll's diary -- Elevating the masses -- Bookmakers on the beach -- 'Igher up! -- At a highland cattle auction -- The country of Cockaigne. Produced by David Clarke, Katie Hernandez and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Puppets at Large: Scenes and Subjects from Mr. Punch's Show" by F. Anstey is a collection of humorous sketches written in the late 19th century. The book offers a satirical view of various aspects of society, exploring scenes and characters in a light-hearted and comedic manner. Through its illustrations and witty prose, it aims to entertain readers with observations of British life. The beginning of the work opens with a scene set in Dulchester Cathedral, where a group of sightseers waits to be guided through the building. A verger attempts to educate them about the history of the cathedral while managing their various distractions and confusions. The humor arises from the mix of characters in the party, each contributing their unique quirks and misunderstandings, which leads to a distinctly comedic portrayal of the tourist experience. The opening sets the tone for the rest of the sketches, encapsulating Anstey's ability to blend the observational with the absurd. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en English wit and humor PR Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Category: Humour Category: British Literature 317083 2025-06-15T09:21:54.459650 text/html 312839 2011-09-17T13:18:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 7804156 2011-09-17T13:18:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3590467 2025-06-15T09:22:18.836578 application/epub+zip 3590927 2025-06-15T09:22:04.977645 application/epub+zip 178264 2025-06-15T09:21:57.439630 application/epub+zip 1309488 2025-06-15T09:22:23.909500 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1254909 2025-06-15T09:22:11.522587 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304450 2022-09-17T07:38:53.738908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 239681 2025-06-15T09:21:53.035687 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 239438 2011-09-17T13:18:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 100525 2011-09-17T13:18:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 239432 2011-09-17T13:18:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 100476 2011-09-17T13:18:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21646 2025-06-15T09:22:24.077506 application/rdf+xml 20025 2025-06-15T09:21:58.060634 image/jpeg 4388 2025-06-15T09:21:57.751631 image/jpeg 7929833 2025-06-15T09:21:54.579642 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia