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Angel Esquire

Edgar Wallace

Publisher: Caelwick Press

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Angel Esquire by Edgar Wallace is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: When Christopher Angle went to school he was very naturally called "Angel" by his fellows. When, in after life, he established a reputation for tact, geniality, and a remarkable equability, of temper, he became "Angel, Esquire," and, as Angel Esquire, he went through the greater portion of his adven This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.
Available since: 06/06/2026.
Print length: 206 pages.

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