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Simon the Jester

by William John Locke

EN·~9 hours·25 chapters

Chapters

25 total

By William J. Locke

0:01

CHAPTER I

16:05

CHAPTER II

24:02

CHAPTER III

19:46

CHAPTER IV

20:43

CHAPTER V

19:42

CHAPTER VI

32:35

CHAPTER VII

20:59

CHAPTER VIII

26:04

CHAPTER IX

18:36

Description

A restless politician, convinced that the most desolate corner of England might hold a secret thrill, asks his omniscient friend Renniker for a place “more bleak than Golgotha.” The answer is the miserable hamlet of Murglebed‑on‑Sea, a muddy, wind‑swept stretch with no church, no hotel and a reputation

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Duration

~9 hours (543K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Dagny; John Bickers; David Widger

Release date

2006-04-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3828

Subjects

Fiction Wit and humor PR

About the author

William John Locke

1863–1930

A widely read British novelist and playwright of the early 20th century, he was especially known for warm, witty stories and memorable popular novels such as The Belovéd Vagabond. Born in British Guiana and educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he brought an unusually broad background to his fiction.

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