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Lady Jim of Curzon Street: A Novel
The novel presents the life of Lady Jim Kaimes, whose struggles with societal expectations, financial troubles, and her tumultuous marriage form the heart of the story.
"Lady Jim of Curzon Street: A Novel" by Fergus Hume is a work of fiction. The novel presents the life of Lady Jim Kaimes, whose struggles with societal expectations, financial troubles, and her tumultuous marriage form the heart of the story.
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"We're on the rocks this time, Leah, smashin' for all we're worth. How we can win clear beats me."
With hands which had never earned a shilling thrust into pockets empty even of that coin, Jim Kaimes stretched out his long legs and surveyed his neat boots as he made this cryptic speech. His habit of expressing himself in a parabolic fashion was confusing to his friends. But five years of marital squabbling had schooled his wife into ready comprehension, and she usually responded without comment. On this occasion, however, the subject under discussion irritated even her healthy nerves, and she replied irrelevantly.
"Really, Jim, I wish you would talk English."
"Huh! Never knew I was talking Choctaw."
"You might be, for all the sense an ordinary person can make of it."
"Ah-a-a!" said Jim, with the clumsy affection of a bear; "but you're not an ordinary person, Leah. I'm the common or garden ass, that can't straighten things. Now you can."
"For want of a husband I suppose I must."
"Come now, Leah. Am I not your husband?"
"Oh yes!" she answered, with a flick of her handkerchief across a pair of scornful lips: "my husband, not a husband."
"As if I could waste time in explaining. We have more serious matters to talk about than your want of brains."
"Serious enough," assented the man, sulkily; "but you know how to deal with trouble, Leah."
"I ought to," retorted his wife, with a shrug, "considering the experience I have had since marrying you. I wish I hadn't."
Contents
- 01The Secret Passage
- 0212mo, Cloth bound, $1.25
- 03The Yellow Holly
- 0412mo, Cloth bound, $1.25
- 05A Coin of Edward VII.
- 0612mo, Cloth bound, $1.25
- 07The Pagan's Cup
- 0812mo, Cloth bound, $1.25
- 09The Mandarin's Fan
- 1012mo, Cloth bound, $ 1.25
- 11G. W. Dillingham Company
- 12Publishers New York
- 13Lady Jim of Curzon Street
- 14A Novel
- 15By Fergus Hume
- 16Author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," "A Coin of Edward VII," "The Pagan's Cup," "The Yellow Holly," "The Red Window," "The Mandarin's Fan," "The Secret Passage," etc.
- 17G. W. Dillingham Company Publishers New York
- 18Copyright, 1906, by
- 19G. W. Dillingham Company
- 20Issued March, 1906
- 21Contents
- 22Lady Jim of Curzon Street
- 23Chapter I
- 24Chapter II
- 25Chapter III
- 26Chapter IV
- 27Chapter V
- 28Chapter VI
- 29Chapter VII
- 30Chapter VIII
- 31Chapter IX
- 32Chapter X
- 33Chapter XI
- 34Chapter XII
- 35Chapter XIII
- 36Chapter XIV
- 37Chapter XV
- 38Chapter XVI
- 39Chapter XVII
- 40Chapter XVIII
- 41Chapter XIX
- 42Chapter XX
- 43Chapter XXI
- 44Chapter XXII
- 45Chapter XXIII
- 46Chapter XXIV
- 47Chapter XXV
- 48Chapter XXVI
- 49Chapter XXVII
- 50Chapter XXVIII
- 51Chapter XXIX
- 52Chapter XXX
- 53Chapter XXXI
- 54Chapter XXXII
- 55Chapter XXXIII
- 56Chapter XXXIV
- 57Chapter XXXV
- 58Finis
About this edition
- Author
- Fergus Hume
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 342 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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