Fiction · 1900
Penelope’s English Experiences
Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton
Penelope’s English Experiences, first published in 1900, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.
Contents
- Part First — In Town
- Chapter I — The weekly bill
- Chapter II — The powdered footman smiles
- Chapter III — Eggs a la coque
- Chapter IV — The English sense of humour
- Chapter V — A Hyde Park Sunday
- Chapter VI — The English Park Lover
- Chapter VII — A ducal tea-party
- Chapter VIII — Tuppenny travels in London
- Chapter IX — A Table of Kindred and Affinity
- Chapter X — Apropos of advertisements
- Chapter XI — The ball on the opposite side
- Chapter XII — Patricia makes her debut
- Chapter XIII — A Penelope secret
- Chapter XIV — Love and lavender
- Part Second — In the country
- Chapter XV — Penelope dreams
- Chapter XVI — The decay of Romance
- Chapter XVII — Short stops and long bills
- Chapter XVIII — I meet Mrs. Bobby
- Chapter XIX — The heart of the artist
- Chapter XX — A canticle to Jane
- Chapter XXI — I remember, I remember
- Chapter XXII — Comfort Cottage
- Chapter XXIII — Tea served here
- Chapter XXIV — An unlicensed victualler
- Chapter XXV — Et ego in Arcadia vixit
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