Peachmonk
Unknown
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Description
John Eyerman wrote Peachmonk, a serio comic detective tale in which no firearms are used and no one is killed, issued in New York in nineteen seventeen. The tale is a three days episode in the life of the Duke of Belleville, as related by Lord Edward Lyndon. Its fabric rests on book titles, about nine hundred woven into the prose in capitals.
No literary merit is claimed for the tale, as none has been attempted, Eyerman warns. A letter from Barchester Towers, Kenilworth, opens the frame. The writer asks Eyerman to finish a tale left undone when Scarlett was ordered to India. Titles like Our Mutual Friend and Far from the Madding Crowd stud each sentence. Word game fans get a puzzle novel built from a library shelf.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |