Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 66 McCutcheon, George Barr 1866 1928 Yollop Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Etext produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Yollop" by George Barr McCutcheon is a comedic novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the unlikely encounter between Crittenden Yollop, an earnest and somewhat naive man, and Cassius Smilk, an inept but self-aware burglar. Their interaction begins under peculiar circumstances, leading to a humorous exploration of crime, identity, and moral dilemmas in a whimsical narrative. At the start of the novel, Mr. Yollop accidentally overpowers a burglar, Cassius Smilk, who is disarmed and bewildered by Yollop's actions. The opening chapter sets a comedic tone, showcasing Yollop's deafness and his strange, bumbling attempts to communicate while holding Smilk at bay with a revolver. As they engage in a banter of misunderstandings and absurd exchanges, readers are introduced to the contrasting personalities of Yollop's innocence and Smilk's roguish charm. This unique introductory scenario hints at the larger exploration of societal norms, the absurdities of life, and the unexpected friendships that can form in the most unlikely situations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Satire Burglars -- Fiction Crime -- Fiction Jury -- Fiction Reformers -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction 179541 179542 2024-10-03T06:51:10.956176 2023-10-03T06:40:37.792424 text/html text/html 179716 2019-05-10T13:27:42 text/html 123120 2024-10-03T06:51:16.226153 application/epub+zip 123874 2024-10-03T06:51:12.872160 application/epub+zip 123873 2024-10-03T06:51:11.672175 application/epub+zip 212892 2024-10-03T06:51:18.712124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199563 2024-10-03T06:51:15.490160 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175973 2022-09-03T09:09:54.505849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149103 148961 2024-10-03T06:51:10.340192 2023-10-03T06:40:37.388431 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 148880 2012-06-03T22:31:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57193 2012-06-04T19:22:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20311 2024-10-03T06:51:18.835129 application/rdf+xml 8996 2024-10-03T06:51:12.213185 image/jpeg 2369 2024-10-03T06:51:11.945218 image/jpeg 60214 2019-05-10T13:29:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 118617 2024-10-03T06:51:10.971193 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