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Urban Sketches
The work captures various aspects of urban life in San Francisco, with a particular focus on the whimsical and humorous observations of the author.
"Urban Sketches" by Bret Harte is a collection of essays and narrative vignettes. The work captures various aspects of urban life in San Francisco, with a particular focus on the whimsical and humorous observations of the author.
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As I glance across my table, I am somewhat distracted by the spectacle of a venerable head whose crown occasionally appears beyond, at about its level. The apparition of a very small hand—whose fingers are bunchy and have the appearance of being slightly webbed—which is frequently lifted above the table in a vain and impotent attempt to reach the inkstand, always affects me as a novelty at each recurrence of the phenomenon. Yet both the venerable head and bunchy fingers belong to an individual with whom I am familiar, and to whom, for certain reasons hereafter described, I choose to apply the epithet written above this article.
Contents
- 01Urban Sketches
- 02A Venerable Impostor.
- 03From a Balcony
- 04Melons
- 05Surprising Adventures of Master Charles Summerton.
- 06Sidewalkings
- 07A Boys' Dog
- 08Charitable Reminiscences
- 09“Seeing the Steamer Off”
- 10Neighborhoods I Have Moved from
- 11My Suburban Residence.
- 12On a Vulgar Little Boy
- 13Waiting for the Ship.
- 14A Fort Point Idyl.
About this edition
- Author
- Bret Harte
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 64 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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