Project Gutenberg 2010-05-19 Public domain in the USA. 132 Lever, Charles James 1806 1872 Lorrequer, Harry O'Dowd, Cornelius Cruikshank, George 1792 1878 Cruickshank, George Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Reading ease score: 60.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David Widger "Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands" by Charles James Lever is a fictional travel narrative written in the mid-19th century. The story follows the whimsical and adventurous life of Arthur O'Leary, whose explorations and misadventures across various countries promise to be filled with humor, insight, and the social customs of his era. The narrative is likely characterized by wit and a lively character cast, setting the stage for both comedic and reflective moments in Arthur's travels. The opening of the novel introduces a humorous editorial note discussing the initial plans for the publication of "Loiterings of Arthur O'Leary." It reveals the unusual circumstances surrounding the work's creation, including a threat from O'Leary himself to take legal action against the editor for infringing on his adventures. This playful exchange sets a lighthearted tone for the book, while also promising insight into O'Leary's character—someone who is both larger-than-life and humorously self-aware. While embarking on his travels, readers glimpse the riotous nature of travel, such as the busy steamship scenes and the various eccentric characters that populate his journey, hinting at the wild adventures ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32424/32424-h/images/frontispiece.jpg file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/32424/32424-h/images/titlepage.jpg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32424/32424-h/images/titlepage.jpg en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1109666 1109675 2024-11-13T15:15:47.191541 2023-09-14T08:17:49.575746 text/html text/html 1144979 2021-02-24T16:44:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 1768208 2021-02-24T16:44:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1814610 2024-11-13T15:15:57.489963 application/epub+zip 1835903 2024-11-13T15:15:48.331527 application/epub+zip 502905 2024-11-13T15:15:47.751560 application/epub+zip 2107433 2024-11-13T15:16:05.384914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2064052 2024-11-13T15:15:56.933951 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 732032 2022-09-15T04:38:23.477669 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1053677 2024-11-13T15:15:45.463498 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1069196 2016-09-03T13:03:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 427853 2016-09-03T13:08:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1052785 2016-05-06T14:27:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 425234 2016-05-06T14:34:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21864 2024-11-13T15:16:05.538900 application/rdf+xml 11099 2024-11-13T15:15:47.856505 image/jpeg 2461 2024-11-13T15:15:47.805510 image/jpeg 1776267 2024-11-13T15:15:47.320493 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 en.wikipedia