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Penelope's English Experiences


Kate Douglas Wiggin
 (1856 - 1923)

Read by Maria Therese

Run Time 3 Hours 8 Minutes in 3 Audio CDs
Penelope's English Experiences is a fictional travelogue, which documents the experiences of three American ladies on a visit to England. Included are scenes in London and the village of Belvern, containing fanciful sketches of a West-end ball, portraits of domestic originals, etc., characterized by humorous trifling and droll exaggeration of English traits. By the author Mother Carey's Chickens, A Cathedral Courtship, etc.

Chapter Titles in Audiobook:
1 - The Weekly Bill
2 - The Powdered Footman Smiles
3 - Eggs a la coque
4 - The English Sense of Humour
5 - A Hyde Park Sunday
6 - The English Park Lover
7 - A Ducal Tea-Party
8 - Tuppeny Travels in London
9 - A Table of Kindred and Affinity
10 - Apropos of Advertisements
11 - The Ball on the Opposite Side
12 - Patricia Makes Her Debut
13 - A Penelope Secret
14 - Love and Lavender
15 - Penelope Dreams
16 - The Decay of Romance
17 - Short Stops and Long Bills
18 - I Meet Mrs. Bobby
19 - The Heart of the Artist
20 - A Canticle to Jane
21 - I Remember, I Remember
22 - Comfort Cottage
23 - Tea Served Here
24 - An Unliscened Victualler
25 - Et Ego in Arcadia Vixit
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