Project Gutenberg 2008-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 135 Bowen, William 1877 1937 21018318 The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure Newbery Honor recipient, 1922. Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Edwards, Katie Ward and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Old Tobacco Shop" by William Bowen is a fictional tale written in the early 20th century. The story introduces a young boy named Freddie who embarks on a whimsical adventure after visiting a peculiar tobacco shop, encountering charming characters like the hunchbacked Mr. Toby and the enigmatic Mr. Punch alongside others, all steeped in imaginative intrigue. At the start of the book, Freddie, tasked with fetching tobacco for his father, becomes captivated by a wooden figure of a hunchback outside the Old Tobacco Shop. As he explores, he meets Toby Littleback, who warns him about Mr. Punch and his father's potential sinister intentions. After rushing into the shop for safety, he encounters Aunt Amanda, a quirky lady who spends her time sewing and eating pins, further setting the whimsical tone of the narrative. The opening chapters set up Freddie's imagination and curiosity, providing a glimpse into an enchanting world filled with eccentricity, charm, and fantastical stories of characters that Freddie will interact with throughout his adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fantasy literature PZ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 441872 442078 2024-10-11T12:32:03.805127 2023-09-12T05:26:03.409589 text/html text/html 447189 2008-10-20T10:20:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 685073 2008-10-20T10:20:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 713749 2024-10-11T12:32:17.020073 application/epub+zip 717409 2024-10-11T12:32:08.039138 application/epub+zip 239970 2024-10-11T12:32:04.518173 application/epub+zip 1035891 2024-10-11T12:32:21.807052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 993573 2024-10-11T12:32:13.829084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348778 2022-09-12T12:13:03.743845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398272 398070 2024-10-11T12:32:02.270164 2023-09-12T05:26:02.431592 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 398249 2008-10-20T10:20:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 143906 2008-10-20T10:20:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 398248 2008-10-20T10:20:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 143888 2008-10-20T10:20:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21264 2024-10-11T12:32:23.663075 application/rdf+xml 27592 2024-10-11T12:32:04.995127 image/jpeg 4087 2024-10-11T12:32:04.717125 image/jpeg 684908 2024-10-11T12:32:03.860171 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia