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The Bedford-Row Conspiracy

William Makepeace Thackeray

The story revolves around the lives and romantic entanglements of its characters, primarily focusing on John Perkins, a young barrister, and Lucy Gorgon, along with their respective families, set against the backdrop of political and social rivalries in the fictional town of Oldborough.

"The Bedford-Row Conspiracy" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a novel. The story revolves around the lives and romantic entanglements of its characters, primarily focusing on John Perkins, a young barrister, and Lucy Gorgon, along with their respective families, set against the backdrop of political and social rivalries in the fictional town of Oldborough.

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OF THE LOVES OF MR. PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.

“My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so. As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question. We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”

“I have seen a sweet place at Chelsea,” remarked John: “Paradise Row, No. 17,—garden—greenhouse—fifty pounds a year—omnibus to town within a mile.”

“What! that I may be left alone all day, and you spend a fortune in driving backward and forward in those horrid breakneck cabs? My darling, I should die there—die of fright, I know I should. Did you not say yourself that the road was not as yet lighted, and that the place swarmed with public-houses and dreadful tipsy Irish bricklayers? Would you kill me, John?”

Contents

  1. 01The Bedford-Row Conspiracy
  2. 02Chapter I.
  3. 03Chapter II.
  4. 04Chapter III.

About this edition

Author
William Makepeace Thackeray
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
37 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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