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Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup - cover

Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup

John Kendrick Bangs

Publisher: Good Press

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Summary

This book is told by a narrator in the first person. He tells stories about meeting famous people in history. Each story puts a witty spin on moments with several famous people of the time. The famous people the fictitious narrator encounters in this book include Nansen, Mr. Hall Caine, Emperor William, Mr. Alfred Austin, Andrew Lang, Zola, Sir Henry Irving, Ian Maclaren, and Rudyard Kipling, The De Reszkes, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and General Weyler.
Available since: 12/04/2019.
Print length: 865 pages.

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