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The History of Mr. Polly

The History of Mr. Polly

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Part 1 Beginnings, and the Bazaar Chapter 1

Word Count: 1070    |    Released on: 18/11/2017

reased emphasis: "Ole!" He paused, and then broke out with one of h

two threadbare looking fields, and

sh that life as a whole and every aspect of life that presented itself was "beastly." And this afternoon, lured by the delusive blueness of a sky that was blue because the wind was in the e

his cap - the new golf cap - and Mrs. Polly must needs fish out his old soft b

taken the thing. He put it on. But it didn't feel right. Nothing felt right. He put a trembling hand upon t

oke with a wrathful eye regarding his wife from under the brim. In a voice thick with fury he said: "I s'pose you'd like me to wear

o the ground, and kicked it with extraordinary fury across the kitchen. It fl

his hands into his jacket pockets disco

straight upstairs without a word, a

antrums," she added. "I 'aven't patience." And moving with the slow reluctance of a deeply offended woman, s

gherkins, two onions, a small cauliflower head and several capers with every appearance of appetite, and indeed with avidity; and then there had been cold suet pudding to follow, with treacle, and then a nice bit of cheese. It was the p

g with the mustard on his plate and expressing the

adequate as a solution. He hated Foxbourne, he hated Foxbourne High Street, he hated his shop and his

this silly Hole?" he

impalpable flaws at a world in which even the spring buds were wilt

r church nor state nor school will raise a warning finger between a man and his hunger and his wife's catering. So on nearly every day in his life Mr. Polly fell into a violent rage and hatred against the outer world in the afternoon, and never suspected that it was this inner world to which I am with such masterly delicacy alluding, that was t

industrial city during a period of depression; agitators, acts of violence, strikes, the forces of law and order doing t

e. It made Mr. Polly's teeth seem loose in his head, and his skin

give us an antido

Polly catching sight of his shadow, "you blighted, degenerated Paintbru

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1 Part 1 Beginnings, and the Bazaar Chapter 12 Part 1 Beginnings, and the Bazaar Chapter 23 Part 1 Beginnings, and the Bazaar Chapter 34 Part 1 Beginnings, and the Bazaar Chapter 45 Part 1 Beginnings, and the Bazaar Chapter 56 Part 2 The Dismissal of Parsons Chapter 17 Part 2 The Dismissal of Parsons Chapter 28 Part 2 The Dismissal of Parsons Chapter 39 Part 3 Cribs Chapter 110 Part 3 Cribs Chapter 211 Part 3 Cribs Chapter 312 Part 4 Mr. Polly an Orphan Chapter 113 Part 4 Mr. Polly an Orphan Chapter 214 Part 4 Mr. Polly an Orphan Chapter 315 Part 4 Mr. Polly an Orphan Chapter 416 Part 4 Mr. Polly an Orphan Chapter 517 Part 5 Mr. Polly Takes a Vacation Chapter 118 Part 5 Mr. Polly Takes a Vacation Chapter 219 Part 5 Mr. Polly Takes a Vacation Chapter 320 Part 5 Mr. Polly Takes a Vacation Chapter 421 Part 5 Mr. Polly Takes a Vacation Chapter 522 Part 5 Mr. Polly Takes a Vacation Chapter 623 Part 5 Mr. Polly Takes a Vacation Chapter 724 Part 6 Miriam Chapter 125 Part 6 Miriam Chapter 226 Part 6 Miriam Chapter 327 Part 6 Miriam Chapter 428 Part 6 Miriam Chapter 529 Part 6 Miriam Chapter 630 Part 6 Miriam Chapter 731 Part 6 Miriam Chapter 832 Part 7 The Little Shop at Fishbourne Chapter 133 Part 7 The Little Shop at Fishbourne Chapter 234 Part 7 The Little Shop at Fishbourne Chapter 335 Part 7 The Little Shop at Fishbourne Chapter 436 Part 7 The Little Shop at Fishbourne Chapter 537 Part 7 The Little Shop at Fishbourne Chapter 638 Part 7 The Little Shop at Fishbourne Chapter 739 Part 8 Making an End to Things Chapter 140 Part 8 Making an End to Things Chapter 241 Part 8 Making an End to Things Chapter 342 Part 8 Making an End to Things Chapter 443 Part 8 Making an End to Things Chapter 544 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 145 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 246 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 347 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 448 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 549 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 650 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 751 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 852 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 953 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 1054 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 1155 Part 9 The Potwell Inn Chapter 1256 Part 10 Miriam Revisited Chapter 157 Part 10 Miriam Revisited Chapter 258 Part 10 Miriam Revisited Chapter 3