William Wordsworth comes back from France and realises with a shock what his own country has become.
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Money to Burn
ByCharles Dickens
Pip receives a visitor from among the criminal classes, but his condescending attempt to play the gentleman rebounds spectacularly.
27
Tough Customer
ByAnonymous
A little anecdote about a schoolmaster who wasn’t as much of a Wackford Squeers as he appeared to be.
28
Mary’s Lamb
BySarah Josepha Hale
A much-loved children’s poem, even if most of us struggle to remember more than a few lines.
29
Rochester Reverie
ByCharles Dickens
Mr Pickwick has embarked on a tour of Kent, and this sunny morning finds him leaning over the parapet of Rochester Bridge, deep in reflection.
30
The Selfishness of Mr Willoughby
ByJane Austen
Now that Mr Willoughby has been found, and found to be married, Elinor Dashwood has the disagreeable task of making sure that her sister feels it is all for the best.
