Project Gutenberg 2010-10-30 Public domain in the USA. 75 Bangs, John Kendrick 1862 1922 Toppleton's Client; Or, A Spirit in Exile Produced by Suzanne Shell, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Toppleton's Client; Or, A Spirit in Exile" by John Kendrick Bangs is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Hopkins Toppleton, a barrister from London and New York, who has inherited his father's prestigious legal name but lacks the legal acumen to back it up. The plot introduces an unusual and humorous twist as Toppleton encounters a disembodied spirit who seeks his help to regain his lost body and identity, setting the stage for a blend of comedy and the supernatural. At the start of the novel, we meet Hopkins Toppleton, a young barrister who enjoys a wealthy and leisurely lifestyle thanks to his father's successful law career. Despite his privilege, he is depicted as somewhat aimless and lacking direction, far from the expected diligence of a lawyer. The opening chapters introduce his firm, who cleverly decide to send him to London under the guise of running the office, while allowing him to enjoy a leisurely life. However, things take a strange turn when Toppleton is visited by a spirit, who reveals his unhappy existence after having his body stolen and expresses the need for Toppleton's assistance in reclaiming it. This whimsical premise establishes an intriguing mix of humor and supernatural elements, captivating readers with the potential for both comedic misadventures and the resolution of a ghostly legal conundrum. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34171/34171-h/images/coverpage.jpg en Humorous stories Ghosts -- Fiction Legal stories PS Text Humor Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction 380031 380040 2024-09-14T10:41:41.502373 2023-09-15T05:49:33.955737 text/html text/html 382778 2010-10-30T01:03:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 185722 2010-10-30T01:03:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 210185 2024-09-14T10:41:46.871376 application/epub+zip 213442 2024-09-14T10:41:42.236368 application/epub+zip 213442 2024-09-14T10:41:41.859370 application/epub+zip 324541 2024-09-14T10:41:50.701340 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286225 2024-09-14T10:41:46.363354 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286460 2022-09-15T14:03:31.886634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346331 346115 2024-09-14T10:41:40.898406 2023-09-15T05:49:33.374723 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 346080 2010-10-30T01:03:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 131735 2010-10-30T01:03:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 346075 2010-10-30T01:03:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 131682 2010-10-30T01:03:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20809 2024-09-14T10:41:50.843339 application/rdf+xml 9701 2024-09-14T10:41:41.941386 image/jpeg 1302 2024-09-14T10:41:41.900371 image/jpeg 185790 2024-09-14T10:41:41.537418 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