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    Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte (Unabridged)
    Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte (Unabridged)
    Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte (Unabridged)
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    Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte (Unabridged)

    Written by H. G. Wells

    Narrated by Gary Appleton

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    About this audiobook

    "Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic.

    The world mends. In my younger days people believed in mahogany; some of my readers will remember it - a heavy, shining substance, having a singularly close resemblance to raw liver, exceedingly heavy to move, and esteemed on one or other count the noblest of all woods.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookstream Audiobooks
    Release dateJan 8, 2021
    ISBN9783991242451
    Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte (Unabridged)
    Author

    H. G. Wells

    H.G. Wells is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. He was the author of numerous classics such as The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The War of the Worlds, and many more. 

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