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The Town Traveller

By George Gissing

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The author of New Grub Street turns to farce in this 1898 novel, one of his most popular during his lifetime. Our hero, Gammon, tangles with his landlady Mrs. Bubb, the shady detective Greenacre, the bigamous Lord Polperro, and young Polly Sparkes, caught up in a rollicking chase about London on New Year's Eve.

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The Town Traveller
by
George Gissing
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I
- MR. GAMMON BREAKFASTS IN BED
- CHAPTER II
- A MISSING UNCLE
- CHAPTER III
- THE CHINA SHOP
- CHAPTER IV
- POLLY AND MR. PARISH
- CHAPTER V
- A NONDESCRIPT
- CHAPTER VI
- THE HEAD WAITER AT CHAFFEY'S
- CHAPTER VII
- POLLY'S WRATH
- CHAPTER VIII
- MR. GAMMON'S RESOLVE
- CHAPTER IX
- POLLY'S DEFIANCE
- CHAPTER X
- THE STORMING OF THE FORT
- CHAPTER XI
- THE NOSE OF THE TREFOYLES
- CHAPTER XII
- POLLY CONDESCENDS
- CHAPTER XIII
- GAMMON THE CRAFTY
- CHAPTER XIV
- MR. PARISH PURSUES A BROUGHAM
- CHAPTER XV
- THE NAME OF GILDERSLEEVE
- CHAPTER XVI
- AN ALLY IN THE QUEST
- CHAPTER XVII
- POLLY SHOWS WEAKNESS
- CHAPTER XVIII
- LORD POLPERRO'S REPRESENTATIVE
- CHAPTER XIX
- NOT IN THE SECRET
- CHAPTER XX
- THE HUSBAND'S RETURN
- CHAPTER XXI
- HIS LORDSHIP'S WILL
- CHAPTER XXII
- NEW YEAR'S EVE
- CHAPTER XXIII
- HIS LORDSHIP RETIRES
- CHAPTER XXIV
- THE TRAVELLER'S FICKLENESS AND FRAUD
- CHAPTER XXV
- THE MISSING WORD
- CHAPTER XXVI
- A DOUBLE EVENT
- CHAPTER XXVII
- THE TRAVELLER AT REST