The Purple Pileus (World Classics) by H. G. Wells
Author:H. G. Wells
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, novel, book, bestseller, top10, interactive media, urban romantics
Publisher: Fantastica
Published: 2017-03-19T00:00:00+00:00
After the departure of Mr. Coombes, Jennie discontinued playing, and turned round on the music-stool again. “What a fuss about nothing!” said Jennie.
“You see, Mr. Clarence, what I’ve got to put up with,” said Mrs. Coombes.
“He is a bit hasty,” said Mr. Clarence judicially.
“He ain’t got the slightest sense of our position,” said Mrs. Coombes; “that’s what I complain of. He cares for nothing but his old shop; and if I have a bit of company, or buy anything to keep myself decent, or get any little thing I want out of the housekeeping money, there’s disagreeables. ‘Economy’ he says; ‘struggle for life,’ and all that. He lies awake of nights about it, worrying how he can screw me out of a shilling. He wanted us to eat Dorset butter once. If once I was to give in to him—there!”
Download
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.
Evelina by Fanny Burney(26504)
Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney(26087)
Twilight of the Idols With the Antichrist and Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche(18278)
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan(4590)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky(4375)
Dune 01 Dune by Frank Herbert(4180)
Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 11) by Jeff Kinney(3891)
Man and His Symbols by Carl Gustav Jung(3819)
Walking by Henry David Thoreau(3668)
Separate Beds by LaVyrle Spencer(3625)
FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE by Isaac Asimov(3427)
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges(3343)
The 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith(3287)
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins(3222)
Mystery at School by Laura Lee Hope(3176)
120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade(2924)
Some Prefer Nettles by Tanizaki Junichiro(2752)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry(2715)
My Ántonia by Willa Cather(2608)
