The American Claimant - Mark Twain - Books -  - 9798693379244 - February 21, 2021
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The American Claimant

Book Excerptometimes by another, according to occasion and circumstance. He was constructing what seemed to be some kind of a frail mechanical toy; and was apparently very much interested in his work. He was a white-headed man, now, but otherwise he was as young, alert, buoyant, visionary and enterprising as ever. His loving old wife sat near by, contentedly knitting and thinking, with a cat asleep in her lap. The room was large, light, and had a comfortable look, in fact a home-like look, though the furniture was of a humble sort and not over abundant, and the knickknacks and things that go to adorn a living-room not plenty and not costly. But there were natural flowers, and there was an abstract and unclassifiable something about the place which betrayed the presence in the house of somebody with a happy taste and an effective touch. Even the deadly chromos on the walls were somehow without offence; in fact they seemed to belong there and to add an attraction to the room- -a fascination, anyway; for whoever got

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 21, 2021
ISBN13 9798693379244
Pages 184
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 10 mm   ·   254 g
Language English  

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