The Impudence of Youth Large Print |
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Author:
| Deeping, Warwick |
ISBN: | 979-8-6308-3593-2 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2020 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $11.99 |
Book Description:
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John James is a lad like no other, at least in the village. Miss Pope, his aunt and proprietor of the general store/post office, dotes on this genius of a lad who is afflicted with a growth deficiency which keeps his legs to childlike proportions. John goes off to Cambridge on a scholarship and is treated mercilessly by the other young gentlemen. He is given the nickname 'Tadpole' and finds another aspect of life in Germany. He wants to set up a private laboratory and finds rooms in...
More DescriptionJohn James is a lad like no other, at least in the village. Miss Pope, his aunt and proprietor of the general store/post office, dotes on this genius of a lad who is afflicted with a growth deficiency which keeps his legs to childlike proportions. John goes off to Cambridge on a scholarship and is treated mercilessly by the other young gentlemen. He is given the nickname 'Tadpole' and finds another aspect of life in Germany. He wants to set up a private laboratory and finds rooms in Unicorn Place in the East End of London. Here he discovers life as it is, or was, and eventually falls in love with Kitty.