Project Gutenberg 2025-03-30 Public domain in the USA. 80 Thurston, E. Temple (Ernest Temple) 1879 1933 Thurston, Ernest Temple Thurston, Temple Teittinen, Heikki 1894 1980 Teittinen, Heikki Urho The city of beautiful nonsense. Finnish Suloisen järjettömyyden kaupunki $aHelsinki :$bOtava, $c1924. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_Beautiful_Nonsense_(novel) Tuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen "Suloisen järjettömyyden kaupunki" by E. Temple Thurston is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers on John Grey, a writer living in modest circumstances above a vegetable shop in London, as he becomes entangled in a whimsical and romantic adventure. The narrative weaves together the lives of ordinary Londoners and injects their everyday existence with moments of chance, longing, and poetic absurdity. The novel is colored by themes of faith, poverty, human yearning, and the magical undercurrents of city life. The opening of the book introduces us to the quiet, secretive atmosphere of London on the eve of St. Joseph’s Day, drawing attention to a diverse congregation seeking solace and miracles at a candle-lit church altar. Among them are John Grey, the reflective and idealistic writer, and a mysterious young woman wrapped in a luxurious fur coat—both marked by poignant longings. Their moment of shared charity at the altar subtly entwines their fates. The story soon transitions to John’s humble lodgings atop Mrs. Meakin's lively vegetable shop, sketches his solitary, somewhat enigmatic life and humble ambitions, and follows his stroll through Kensington Gardens, where he reunites with the enigmatic woman. Here, their tentative connection deepens amid playful banter and city romance, hinting at the unfolding of a fairy-tale-like adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20241022110307thurston 1924 FI Reading ease score: 43.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Venice (Italy) -- Fiction Authors -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PR Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: British Literature 533001 2025-07-30T05:06:52.286024 text/html 277989 2025-07-30T05:07:01.979979 application/epub+zip 285165 2025-07-30T05:06:55.941013 application/epub+zip 271747 2025-07-30T05:06:54.417042 application/epub+zip 547822 2025-07-30T05:07:06.701948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506642 2025-07-30T05:07:01.103978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477892 2025-07-30T05:06:51.666042 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 458081 2025-03-30T14:47:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16727 2025-07-30T05:07:06.881940 application/rdf+xml 16347 2025-07-30T05:06:55.101015 image/jpeg 3778 2025-07-30T05:06:54.791025 image/jpeg 273214 2025-07-30T05:06:52.328046 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 fi.wikipedia