Under the big top

by Courtney Ryley Cooper

EN·~6 hours·13 chapters

Chapters

13 total

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1:02

CHAPTER I THE WHY OF THE CIRCUS

30:32

CHAPTER II “THOSE PRESS AGENTS!”

41:14

CHAPTER III BUT WE ALL LIKE IT

40:35

CHAPTER IV ON ENTERING THE MENAGERIE——

27:08

CHAPTER V OUR FRIENDS, THE ELEPHANTS

34:11

CHAPTER VI WHEN THE ANIMALS ESCAPE

31:53

CHAPTER VII MOTHERS OF THE MENAGERIE

37:43

CHAPTER VIII IN THE STEEL ARENA

28:22

CHAPTER IX “THE CIRCUS MAN’S BEST FRIEND”

19:37

Details

Language

Duration

~6 hours (348K characters)

Release date

2026-03-24

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78288

Subjects

Circus GV

About the author

Courtney Ryley Cooper

1886–1940

A writer with a real taste for danger and spectacle, he turned life in the circus and the world of crime into vivid, fast-moving books. His work blends reporter's curiosity with showman's flair.

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