-
1 Format: Digital Download
-
$4.00or 1 Credit
James Wilbraham Waite is living in a bedsit in Praxton Street, London, and feels trapped. Trapped by his life, his job … and particularly by the depressing room he rents. He sees it as his personal hell. His only escape is through reading books and imagining adventures. When he unexpectedly inherits a substantial sum of money from an uncle in Canada, he resolves to take off and live his dream. He wants to experience life in the desert. Arriving in Algiers, he meets up with some French commercial travelers and journeys south. There he meets Giles Duxberry, an Englishman who is desperate to return home. Neither man can understand the other’s situation … but an amicable arrangement is made.
Learn More- Only $12.99/month gets you 1 Credit/month
- Cancel anytime
- Hate a book? Then we do too, and we'll exchange it.
Summary
Summary
James Wilbraham Waite is living in a bedsit in Praxton Street, London, and feels trapped. Trapped by his life, his job … and particularly by the depressing room he rents. He sees it as his personal hell. His only escape is through reading books and imagining adventures. When he unexpectedly inherits a substantial sum of money from an uncle in Canada, he resolves to take off and live his dream. He wants to experience life in the desert.
Arriving in Algiers, he meets up with some French commercial travelers and journeys south. There he meets Giles Duxberry, an Englishman who is desperate to return home. Neither man can understand the other’s situation … but an amicable arrangement is made.
Author
Author Bio: Stacy Aumonier
Stacy Aumonier (1877–1928) was a British writer, best known for his outstanding short stories. Nobel Prize winner John Galsworthy described Aumonier as “one of the best short story writers of all time.” Aumonier wrote over eighty-five short stories in his lifetime. His intensely visual prose and captivating plots meant his works were readily adaptable to the cinema screen, and several of his short stories were adapted by Alfred Hitchcock.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction/Classics |
| Runtime: | 0.50 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
To listen to this title you will need our latest app
Due to publishing rights this title requires DRM and can only be listened to in the Urban Audio Books app
To listen to this title you will need our latest app
