A Young Man in a Hurry, and Other Short Stories

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A Young Man in a Hurry, and Other Short Stories

by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

EN·~6 hours·13 chapters

Chapters

13 total
1

NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1904

0:03
2

TOMARGERY

0:00
3

ILLUSTRATIONS

0:31
4

A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY

24:35
5

A PILGRIM

34:52
6

THE SHINING BAND

1:01:28
7

ONE MAN IN A MILLION

37:42
8

THE FIRE-WARDEN

1:09:17
9

THE MARKET-HUNTER

35:31
10

THE PATH-MASTER

32:37

Description

A snow‑blown evening in turn‑of‑the‑century New York finds a dashing young clerk bursting from the railway office, clutching a suitcase and umbrella as he darts through a bustling station. He leaps into a hansom cab that isn’t his, only to discover a startled young woman huddled in a fur coat, both convinced they’ve boarded the wrong vehicle. Their frantic exchange—filled with shouted demands, clumsy attempts to open the door, and a flickering match that briefly lights their bewildered faces—sets a lively, slightly comic tone that propels the scene forward.

As the cab rattles through icy streets, the strangers’ personalities clash: she is prim and insistent, he is hurried and oddly proud of his inability to stop. The cramped, snow‑slick interior becomes a stage for witty barbs and a surprising flash of vulnerability, hinting at deeper motives beneath their brusque manners. Listeners are drawn into a brisk, atmospheric vignette that captures the chaotic energy of the city and teases the promise of an unlikely connection.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (363K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2008-12-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

1865–1933

Best known today for the eerie stories in The King in Yellow, he was an American writer and trained artist whose work ranged from supernatural fiction to historical romance and popular magazine fiction. His reputation has endured largely because those uncanny tales went on to influence later horror writers.

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