Penelope's English Experiences

by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Epistolary Fiction Travel Fiction Published 1800 -1900

25 chapters3h 8mEnglish1893

About this book

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. (Summary adapted from an original review)

Chapters (25)

101 - The Weekly Bill

622

202 - The Powdered Footman Smiles

409

303 - Eggs a la coque

375

404 - The English Sense of Humour

338

505 - A Hyde Park Sunday

328

606 - The English Park Lover

243

707 - A Ducal Tea-Party

466

808 - Tuppeny Travels in London

719

909 - A Table of Kindred and Affinity

422

1010 - Apropos of Advertisements

539

1111 - The Ball on the Opposite Side

1030

1212 - Patricia Makes Her Debut

720

1313 - A Penelope Secret

459

1414 - Love and Lavender

476

1515 - Penelope Dreams

656

1616 - The Decay of Romance

229

1717 - Short Stops and Long Bills

273

1818 - I Meet Mrs. Bobby

323

1919 - The Heart of the Artist

261

2020 - A Canticle to Jane

251

2121 - I Remember, I Remember

383

2222 - Comfort Cottage

433

2323 - Tea Served Here

420

2424 - An Unliscened Victualler

433

2525 - Et Ego in Arcadia Vixit

477

Penelope's English Experiences

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Chapters (25)

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