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People You Know

by George Ade

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics29 chapters
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CEFR level
C1
Length
29 chapters
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About this book

About this book

Wryly observing the colorful characters and everyday follies of small-town life, this collection captures the humor and humanity found just around the corner, told in lively colloquial American slang. Dive into tales of neighbors, mishaps, and the quirks that shape ordinary lives.

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Contents

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

02PEOPLE YOU KNOW
03Preface
04The Periodical Souse, the Never-Again Feeling and the Ride On the Sprinkling Cart
05The Kind of Music That Is Too Good for Household Use
06The One or Two Points of Difference Between Learning and Learning How
07The Night-Watch and the Would-Be Something Awful
08The Attenuated Attorney Who Rang In the Associate Counsel
09What Father Bumped Into at the Culture Factory
10The Search for the Right House and How Mrs. Jump Had Her Annual Attack
11The Batch of Letters, or One Day With a Busy Man
12The Sickly Dream and How It Was Doctored Up

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