Mr. Pickwick's Christmas. E-book. Formato EPUB - 9783750482517
Un ebook di Dickens Charles edito da Books on Demand, 2020
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"In an old abbey town, down in this part of the country, a long, long while ago-so long, that the story must be a true one, because our great grandfathers implicitly believed it-there officiated as sexton and grave-digger in the church-yard, one Gabriel Grub. It by no means follows that because a man is a sexton, and constantly surrounded by emblems of mortality, therefore he should be a morose and melancholy man; your undertakers are the merriest fellows in the world, and I once had the honour of being on intimate terms with a mute, who in private life, and off duty, was as comical and jocose a little fellow as ever chirped out a devil-may-care song, without a hitch in his memory, or drained off a good stiff glass of grog without stopping for breath. But notwithstanding these precedents to the contrary, Gabriel Grub was an ill-conditioned, cross-grained, surly fellow-a morose and lonely man, who consorted with nobody but himself, and an old wicker bottle which fitted into his large deep waistcoat pocket; and who eyed each merry face as it passed him by, with such a deep scowl of malice and ill-humour, as it was difficult to meet without feeling something the worse for.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo: Mr. Pickwick's Christmas. E-book. Formato EPUB
- Autore: Dickens Charles
- Editore: Books on Demand
- Data di Pubblicazione: 2020
- Formato: EPUB
- Protezione: Filigrana digitale
- ISBN-13: 9783750482517