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Sinclair Lewis. Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
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TO GRACE LIVINGSTONE HEGGER. CHAPTER I
MR. WRENN IS LONELY
CHAPTER II
HE WALKS WITH MISS THERESA
CHAPTER III
HE STARTS FOR THE LAND OF ELSEWHERE
CHAPTER IV
HE BECOMES THE GREAT LITTLE BILL WRENN
CHAPTER V
HE FINDS MUCH QUAINT ENGLISH FLAVOR
CHAPTER VI
HE IS AN ORPHAN
CHAPTER VII
HE MEETS A TEMPERAMENT
CHAPTER VIII
HE TIFFINS
"B—"
CHAPTER IX
HE ENCOUNTERS THE INTELLECTUALS
GLORY—GLORY—GLORY. SPECIAL SALVATION ARMY JUBILEE MEETING. EXPERIENCES OF ADJUTANT CRABBENTHWAITE IN AFRICA
CHAPTER X
HE GOES A-GIPSYING
CHAPTER XI
HE BUYS AN ORANGE TIE
CHAPTER XII
HE DISCOVERS AMERICA
CHAPTER XIII
HE IS "OUR MR. WRENN"
"I—"
CHAPTER XIV
HE ENTERS SOCIETY
CHAPTER XV
HE STUDIES FIVE HUNDRED, SAVOUIR FAIRE, AND LOTSA-SNAP OFFICE MOTTOES
CHAPTER XVI
HE BECOMES MILDLY RELIGIOUS AND HIGHLY LITERARY
THE MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER
WILLIAM WRENN. CHARACTERS
CHAPTER XVII
HE IS BLOWN BY THE WHIRLWIND
CHAPTER XVIII
AND FOLLOWS A WANDERING FLAME THROUGH PERILOUS SEAS
CHAPTER XIX
TO A HAPPY SHORE
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Sinclair Lewis
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"And Ah thought you said you was going to be perm'nent!" Mrs. Zapp began quietly, prefatory to working herself up into hysterics. "And here Ah've gone and had your room fixed up just for you, and new paper put in, and you've always been talking such a lot about how you wanted your furniture arranged, and Ah've gone and made all mah plans—"
Mr. Wrenn had been a shyly paying guest of the Zapps for four years. That famous new paper had been put up two years before. So he spluttered: "Oh, I'm awfully sorry. I wish—uh—I don't—"
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