Tom Tiddler S Ground
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Description
This Christmas story opens with a traveller asking a landlord why a patch of ground bears the odd name Tom Tiddler's Ground. The answer leads to a solitary man, Mr Mopes, who scatters halfpence for tramps and lives apart from the world, and the traveller sets out to learn what drove him there.
Through talk with neighbours and a visit to the hermit himself, the tale weighs solitude against company, and charity against pride. It is short, wry, and full of roadside humour. The ending offers a plain moral about the cost of shutting oneself away from other people.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |