The Asbestos Society of Sinners
By Lawrence Daniel Fogg
Length3h 20m
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Excerpt: "While waiting for an assignment, in the local room of the New York Universe, I began to while away the time by reading the fulsome effusions of the press agent of Greater Luna Park. They aroused in me the spirit of covetousness—I envied the press agent his vocabulary, which put the supply of superlatives into bankruptcy; and I was jealous of the success of Thompson & Dundy, whom I hoped some day to rival. Their first success had come with "A Trip to the Moon;" why might not I— "Go to Hell," I read on the paper which the "copy" boy just then thrust into my hand. Before I could question him, the "devil" had gone. I glanced suspiciously at my fellow-scribes to see who had perpetrated the joke, if such it was, but no one seemed to be watching what effect the command had upon me. I again examined the odd message. It was in the handwriting of Mr. Burroughs, the city editor, so to him I went. Holding out the slip of paper, I said: "I have just received an assignment to 'cover' a certain subterranean resort named after the box in which printers throw battered type, but as the route there is unfamiliar, I have come to you for instructions." The "czar" of the city room frowned, but on reading the missive the frown was succeeded by an amused smile. "Who gave you this?" he asked. "The 'devil'.""
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length3 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. The Summons from Satan.
8CHAPTER VIII. How the Creation Centered about a Petticoat: A Revised Version of the First Chapter of Darwin and the Ascent of Man.
2CHAPTER II. Shady Sinners of the Styx.
9CHAPTER IX. When Adam was a Boy: Random Recollections of the Oldest Inhabitant.
3CHAPTER III. John Brown’s Body and the Bones of John Paul Jones.
10CHAPTER X. Election Day Beyond the Styx.
4CHAPTER IV. Henry VIII. and His Harem in Hades.
11CHAPTER XI. Noah’s Personally Conducted Excursion to Earth.
5CHAPTER V. What Methuselah Thinks of Dr. Osler.
12CHAPTER XII. The Man with the Megaphone.
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6CHAPTER VI. The Virgin Throned in the West: A Tabloid Tangle of Love and History.
13EPILOGUE. The Land of Fulfilled Desire.
7CHAPTER VII. “Boss” Tweed on Tainted Money, with Some Nonsense Definitions of Fads and Finance.
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