Penelope's English Experiences is a fictional travelogue, which documents the experiences of three American ladies on a visit to England. Included are scenes in London and the village of Belvern, containing fanciful sketches of a West-end ball, portraits of domestic originals, etc., characterized by humorous trifling and droll exaggeration of English traits. By the author Mother Carey's Chickens, A Cathedral Courtship, etc. (Summary adapted from an original review)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - The Weekly Bill
10:22 - Chapter 2
02 - The Powdered Footman Smiles
06:49 - Chapter 3
03 - Eggs a la coque
06:15 - Chapter 4
04 - The English Sense of Humour
05:38 - Chapter 5
05 - A Hyde Park Sunday
05:28 - Chapter 6
06 - The English Park Lover
04:03 - Chapter 7
07 - A Ducal Tea-Party
07:46 - Chapter 8
08 - Tuppeny Travels in London
11:59 - Chapter 9
09 - A Table of Kindred and Affinity
07:02 - Chapter 10
10 - Apropos of Advertisements
08:59 - Chapter 11
11 - The Ball on the Opposite Side
17:10 - Chapter 12
12 - Patricia Makes Her Debut
12:00 - Chapter 13
13 - A Penelope Secret
07:39 - Chapter 14
14 - Love and Lavender
07:56 - Chapter 15
15 - Penelope Dreams
10:56 - Chapter 16
16 - The Decay of Romance
03:49 - Chapter 17
17 - Short Stops and Long Bills
04:33 - Chapter 18
18 - I Meet Mrs. Bobby
05:23 - Chapter 19
19 - The Heart of the Artist
04:21 - Chapter 20
20 - A Canticle to Jane
04:11 - Chapter 21
21 - I Remember, I Remember
06:23 - Chapter 22
22 - Comfort Cottage
07:13 - Chapter 23
23 - Tea Served Here
07:00 - Chapter 24
24 - An Unliscened Victualler
07:13 - Chapter 25
25 - Et Ego in Arcadia Vixit
07:57