Penelope's English Experiences Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton
Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923 · 26 chapters
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- Literary English
- Everyday expressions
- Advanced vocabulary
- Long sentence structures
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- Chapter I. The weekly billSample
- 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
- LAND AGENTS AND SURVEYORS
- Chapter XII. Patricia makes her debut
- Chapter XIII. A Penelope secret
- Chapter XIV. Love and lavender
- 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