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The Gentleman from Indiana

by Booth Tarkington

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics19 chapters
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Length
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About this book

In a quiet Indiana town where life moves slowly and the world beyond seems distant, a young man arrives to stir the settled rhythms of Plattville. Amid flat lands and sleepy streets, small-town pride and simple pleasures shape a community untouched by time.

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Contents

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

02CHAPTER II. THE STRANGE LADY
03CHAPTER III. LONESOMENESS
04CHAPTER IV. THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER
05CHAPTER V. AT THE PASTURE BARS: ELDER-BUSHES MAY HAVE STINGS
06CHAPTER VI. JUNE
07CHAPTER VII. MORNING: “SOME IN RAGS AND SOME IN TAGS AND SOME IN VELVET
08CHAPTER VIII. GLAD AFTERNOON: THE GIRL BY THE BLUE TENT-POLE
09CHAPTER IX. NIGHT: IT IS BAD LUCK TO SING BEFORE BREAKFAST
10CHAPTER X. THE COURT-HOUSE BELL
11CHAPTER XI. JOHN BROWN'S BODY
12CHAPTER XII. JERRY THE TELLER

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