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Trolley Folly

by Henry Wallace Phillips

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateClassics12 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
12 chapters
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About this book

Jimmie Horgan, a carefree trolley controller with a knack for scattering crowds, unexpectedly inherits five thousand dollars from a mysterious uncle. Clueless and cautious, he navigates newfound fortune and the curious complications it brings.

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Contents

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

01TROLLEY FOLLY · Ch.1Free
02I JIMMIE HORGAN’S FORETASTE OF FORTUNE
03II THE NUMISMATIST POSSESSION IS NINE POINTS OF THE LAW, SELF-POSSESSION THE TENTH
04III THE MASCOT OF THE GRAYS A BASE-BALL GAME AND THE SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS
05IV THE LITTLE CANOE ITS INTRODUCTION AND DESTRUCTION AT PORTO RICO
06V THE REVERSE OF A MEDAL AN ACCOUNT OF THE MAKING OF MARY ELLEN’S HERO
07VI TEN MINUTES OF ETERNITY A REVOLVER, A RATTLER AND THE BOWL OF A PIPE
08VII THE PUNISHMENT AND THE CRIME THE TOO HUMOROUS PROPENSITIES OF BURT MOSSMAN AND OTHERS
09VIII CAMP CUNNINGHAM THE STORY OF A DAKOTA STORM
10IX HOHANKTON, PETTIE AND OTHERS THE TALE OF THE TRAINED PIG
11X THE FATAL GUM A SERIO-COMEDY OF LIGHT FINGERS AND HEAVY BOOTS
12XI BLESSED BE THE PEACEMAKERS THE QUEST FOR QUIET ON THE PART OF THE HUMAN CONCERTINA

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