Classic Tales
5-12
Duration: 0
Chapters: 33 Chapters
Created At: August 13, 2025
Rating: 4.8 (125 reviews)
A Great Emergency and Other Tales
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Chapters
1.
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C. BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET. NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
1:00
2.
RUPERT'S LECTURES—THE OLD YELLOW LEATHER BOOK.
10:51
3.
HENRIETTA—A FAMILY CHRONICLE—THE SCHOOL MIMIC—MY FIRST FIGHT.
29:53
4.
SCHOOL CRICKET—LEMON-KALI—THE BOYS' BRIDGE—AN UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY.
9:26
5.
A DOUBTFUL BLESSING—A FAMILY FAILING—OLD BATTLES—THE CANAL-CARRIER'S HOME.
9:04
6.
THE NAVY CAPTAIN—SEVEN PARROTS IN A FUCHSIA TREE—THE HARBOUR LION AND THE SILVER CHAIN—THE LEGLESS GIANTS—DOWN BELOW—JOHNSON'S WHARF.
10:46
7.
S. PHILIP AND S. JAMES—THE MONKEY-BARGE AND THE DOG—WAR, PLAGUE, AND FIRE—THE DULNESS OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
7:21
8.
WE RESOLVE TO RUN AWAY—SCRUPLES—BABY CECIL —I PREPARE—I RUN AWAY.
14:05
9.
WE GO ON BOARD—THE PIE—AN EXPLOSION—MR. ROWE THE BARGE-MASTER—THE 'WHITE LION'—TWO LETTERS—WE DOUBT MR. ROWE'S GOOD FAITH.
13:24
10.
A COASTING VOYAGE—MUSK ISLAND—LINNET FLASH—MR. ROWE AN OLD TAR—THE DOG-FANCIER AT HOME.
12:53
11.
LOCKS—WE THINK OF GOING ON THE TRAMP—PYEBRIDGE—WE SET SAIL.
8:06
12.
MR. ROWE ON BARGE-WOMEN—THE RIVER—NINE ELMS—A MYSTERIOUS NOISE—ROUGH QUARTERS—A CHEAP SUPPER—JOHN'S BERTH—WE MAKE OUR ESCAPE—OUT INTO THE WORLD.
17:45
13.
EMERGENCIES AND POLICEMEN—FENCHURCH STREET STATION—THIRD CLASS TO CUSTOM HOUSE—A SHIP FOREST.
8:59
14.
A DIRTY STREET—A BAD BOY—SHIPPING AND MERCHANDISE—WE STOWAWAY ON BOARD THE 'ATALANTA'—A SALT TEAR.
20:28
15.
A GLOW ON THE HORIZON—A FANTASTIC PEAL—WHAT I SAW WHEN THE ROOF FELL IN.
7:30
16.
HENRIETTA'S DIARY—A GREAT EMERGENCY.
9:18
17.
MR. ROWE ON THE SUBJECT—OUR COUSIN—WESTON GETS INTO PRINT—THE HARBOUR'S MOUTH—WHAT LIES BEYOND.
9:16
18.
A VERY ILL-TEMPERED FAMILY.
1:00
19.
A FAMILY FAILING.
1:52
20.
ILL-TEMPERED PEOPLE AND THEIR FRIENDS—NARROW ESCAPES—THE HATCHET-QUARREL.
10:41
21.
WARNINGS—MY AUNT ISOBEL—MR. RAMPANT'S TEMPER, AND HIS CONSCIENCE.
10:00
22.
CASES OF CONSCIENCE—ETHICS OF ILL-TEMPER.
20:50
23.
CELESTIAL FIRE—I CHOOSE A TEXT.
4:48
24.
THEATRICAL PROPERTIES—I PREPARE A PLAY—PHILIP BEGINS TO PREPARE THE SCENERY—A NEW FRIEND.
12:47
25.
A QUARREL—BOBBY IS WILLING—EXIT PHILIP.
10:36
26.
I HEAR FROM PHILIP—A NEW PART WANTED—I LOSE MY TEMPER—WE ALL LOSE OUR TEMPERS.
11:25
27.
SELF-REPROACH—FAMILY DISCOMFORT—OUT ON THE MARSH—VICTORY.
37:28
28.
OUR FIELD.
1:00
29.
OUR FIELD
26:22
30.
MADAM LIBERALITY.
1:00
31.
PART I.
55:28
32.
PART II.
24:50
33.
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London, & Bungay.
1:31