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Coles Household Words: Restored Classics to Go Edition at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
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From the marsh-choked port of Sulina to the lonely rectory in rural England, these chapters move through danger, hardship, and hidden motives with sharp social observation. The narrator's bleak arrival at the Danube mouth becomes a fierce indictment of political obstruction, ruined trade, and the lawless misery of a place where storms, cholera, wrecks, and official neglect make survival precarious. Amid the terror, a wandering Italian boy briefly lifts the mood with song, only for the voyage to plunge again into violence and exhaustion. The book then turns to reform-minded scenes in London, where the harsh lives of milliners' day-workers inspire practical schemes for shared, self-respecting housing under compassionate supervision. That concern for dignity and cooperation carries into the opening of Two College Friends, where Arthur Hayning and Winnington Harvey study and roam the countryside in 1773, their friendship shaped by contrasting temperaments and growing unease. A chance discovery near a waterfall triggers Arthur's alarm, secrecy, and obsession with Lucy and wealth, culminating in a midnight excavation that hints at guilt, buried knowledge, and the possibility of madness. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
From the marsh-choked port of Sulina to the lonely rectory in rural England, these chapters move through danger, hardship, and hidden motives with sharp social observation. The narrator's bleak arrival at the Danube mouth becomes a fierce indictment of political obstruction, ruined trade, and the lawless misery of a place where storms, cholera, wrecks, and official neglect make survival precarious. Amid the terror, a wandering Italian boy briefly lifts the mood with song, only for the voyage to plunge again into violence and exhaustion. The book then turns to reform-minded scenes in London, where the harsh lives of milliners' day-workers inspire practical schemes for shared, self-respecting housing under compassionate supervision. That concern for dignity and cooperation carries into the opening of Two College Friends, where Arthur Hayning and Winnington Harvey study and roam the countryside in 1773, their friendship shaped by contrasting temperaments and growing unease. A chance discovery near a waterfall triggers Arthur's alarm, secrecy, and obsession with Lucy and wealth, culminating in a midnight excavation that hints at guilt, buried knowledge, and the possibility of madness. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
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