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Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New

by Bill Nye

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateClassics111 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
111 chapters
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About this book

About this book

A lively collection of witty essays and poems explores everything from Shakespearean mysteries and Fourth of July celebrations to quirky characters and social observations, all delivered with humor and sharp insight into 19th-century American life.

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Contents

111 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CHESTNUT-BURR. I.—THE SHAKESPEARE-BACON PUZZLE WRESTLED WITH CONSCIENTIOUSLY.
03CHESTNUT-BURR II—HOW THE GLORIOUS FOURTH WAS CELEBRATED AT WHALEN'S GROVE LAST YEAR.
04ENCOURAGING GREEN JOKES.
05CHESTNUT-BURR III—BILL NYE FINDS COLOROW FULL OF ODD TRAITS.
06AWKWARDNESS OF CARRYING WHISKY ABOUT.
07THE RIGHT SORT OF BOY.
08CHESTNUT-BURR IV—BILL NYE PAYS A BRIEF VISIT TO A PROFESSIONAL STAR READER.
09INGRATITUDE OF THE HUMAN HEART.
10CHESTNUT-BURR V—CONCERNING THE FRENCH MASTERPIECES AT THE ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
11CHESTNUT-BURR VI—BILL NYE DIAGNOSTICATES THE PLAINT OF A COUNTRY COUSIN.
12MEN ARE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.

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