The Opal Serpent
Simon Beecot was a country gentleman with a small income, a small estate and a mind considerably smaller than either. He dwelt at Wargrove in Essex and spent his idle hours—of which he possessed a daily and nightly twenty-four—in snarling at his faded wife and in snapping between whiles at his son. Mrs. Beecot, having been bullied into old age long before her time, accepted sour looks and hard words as necessary to God's providence, but Paul, a fiery youth, resented useless nagging. He owned more brain-power than his progenitor, and to this favoring of Nature paterfamilias naturally objected. Paul also desired fame, which was likewise a crime in the fire-side tyrant's eyes. As there were no other children Paul was heir to the Beecot acres, therefore their present proprietor suggested that his son should wait with idle hands for the falling in of the heritage. In plain words, Mr. Beecot, coming of a long line of middle-class loafers, wished his son to be a loafer also. Again, when Mrs. Beecot retired to a tearful rest, her bully found Paul a useful person on whom to expend his spleen. Should this whipping-boy leave, Mr. Beecot would have to forego this enjoyment, as servants object to being sworn at without cause. For years Mr. Beecot indulged in bouts of bad temper, till Paul, finding twenty-five too dignified an age to tolerate abuse, announced his intention of storming London as a scribbler.
yazar | Fergus Hume |
---|---|
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 15.24 x 1.7 x 22.86 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı | 4 Eylül 2020 |
4 Eylül 2020 John Buchan 13.97 x 1.35 x 21.59 cm 21.59 x 0.58 x 27.94 cm 1 Eylül 2020 1 Ekim 2020 15 Eylül 2020 25 Eylül 2020 Agatha Christie Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 15,2 x 1,7 x 22,9 cm 15.24 x 1.7 x 22.86 cm Maurice LeBlanc 29 Ekim 2020 15.19 x 1.42 x 22.91 cm 13.34 x 1.27 x 17.15 cm J S Fletcher G. K. Chesterton
okumak okumak kayıt olmadan
Sürüm ayrıntıları
yazar | Fergus Hume |
---|---|
isbn 13 | 979-8682802753 |
Yayımcı | Independently published |
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 15.24 x 1.7 x 22.86 cm |
DE OLDUĞU GİBİ | B08HG7TS1D |
Tarafından yayınlandı The Opal Serpent | 4 Eylül 2020 |