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This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Grant Allen, the life of one of the most versatile writers of English literature
Originally published in 1891, “What’s Bred in the Bone” is a novel by Canadian author Grant Allen and is considered by many the craziest nineteenth-century novel.
The convoluted and colourful plot of "What's Bred in the Bone" is a perfect mix of quirky elements, such as identical twin heroes whose teeth ache simultaneously, a heroine struggling to overcome an irrepressible desire to dance with snakes (or feather boas), murder, illegitimacy and a rather dubious dubious South African diamond hunting spell...
"What's Bred in the Bone" is an extraordinary novel, certainly a testament to Grant Allen's versatility and mastery of the popular market. Allen wrote this novel as a competition entry and it’s not difficult to see why he beat 20,000 other entries to pocket the sizeable £1,000 prize money. “What’s Bred in the Bone” is ridiculous but also ridiculously fun, and well-written enough to be incredibly readable.
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GenreMystery and Thriller, Young Adult, General Fiction
Length10 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 27, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Grant Allen, the life of one of the most versatile writers of English literature
2Chapter 1 - ELMA'S STRANGER.
3Chapter 2 - TWO'S COMPANY.
4Chapter 3 - CYRIL WARING'S BROTHER.
5Chapter 4 - INSIDE THE TUNNEL.
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6Chapter 5 - GRATITUDE.
7Chapter 6 - TWO STRANGE MEETINGS.
8Chapter 7 - KELMSCOTT OF TILGATE.
9Chapter 8 - ELMA BREAKS OUT.
10Chapter 9 - AND AFTER?
11Chapter 10 - COLONEL KELMSCOTT'S REPENTANCE.
12Chapter 11 - A FAMILY JAR.
13Chapter 12 - IN SILENCE AND TEARS.
14Chapter 13 - BUSINESS FIRST.
15Chapter 14 - MUSIC HATH POWER.
16Chapter 15 - THE PATH OF DUTY.
17Chapter 16 - STRUGGLE AND VICTORY.
18Chapter 17 - VISIONS OF WEALTH.
19Chapter 18 - GENTLE WOOER.
20Chapter 19 - SELF OR BEARER.
21Chapter 20 - MONTAGUE NEVITT FINESSES.
22Chapter 21 - COLONEL KELMSCOTT'S PUNISHMENT.
23Chapter 22 - CROSS PURPOSES.
24Chapter 23 - GUY IN LUCK.
25Chapter 24 - A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.
26Chapter 25 - LEAD TRUMPS.
27Chapter 26 - A CHANCE MEETING.
28Chapter 27 - SOMETHING TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.
29Chapter 28 - MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
30Chapter 29 - WOMAN'S INTUITION
31Chapter 30 - FRESH DISCOVERIES.
32Chapter 31 - "GOLDEN JOYS."
33Chapter 32 - A NEW DEPARTURE.
34Chapter 33 - TIME FLIES.
35Chapter 34 - A STROKE FOR FREEDOM.
36Chapter 35 - PERILS BY THE WAY.
37Chapter 36 - DESERTED.
38Chapter 37 - AUX ARMES!
39Chapter 38 - NEWS FROM THE CAPE.
40Chapter 39 - A GLEAM OF LIGHT.
41Chapter 40 - THE BOLT FALLS.
42Chapter 41 - WHAT JUDGE?
43Chapter 42 - UNEXPECTED EVIDENCE.
44Chapter 43 - SIR GILBERT'S TEMPTATION.
45Chapter 44 - AT BAY.
46Chapter 45 - ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
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