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    The Manhood of Edward Robinson: A Short Story
    The Manhood of Edward Robinson: A Short Story
    The Manhood of Edward Robinson: A Short Story
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    The Manhood of Edward Robinson: A Short Story

    By Agatha Christie

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    A classic Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories.

    Sane and sensible Edward Robinson secretly dreams of fast cars, adventurous women, and danger, but his fiancée, Maud, keeps him grounded in reality. When Edward wins money in a newspaper competition, he immediately buys the sleek red car of his dreams – without telling Maud. Adventure swiftly ensues, as he is embroiled in high society scandals that lead him to a significant transformation.

     

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 8, 2012
    ISBN9780062211132
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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      The Manhood of Edward Robinson - Agatha Christie

      The Manhood of Edward Robinson

      A Short Story

      by Agatha Christie

      An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

      Contents

      Cover

      Title Page

      The Manhood of Edward Robinson

      About the Author

      Back Ads

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      The Manhood of Edward Robinson

      ‘The Manhood of Edward Robinson’ was first published as ‘The Day of His Dreams’ in Grand Magazine, December 1924.

      ‘With a swing of his mighty arms, Bill lifted her right off her feet, crushing her to his breast. With a deep sigh she yielded her lips in such a kiss as he had never dreamed of –’

      With a sigh, Mr Edward Robinson put down When Love is King and stared out of the window of the underground train. They were running through Stamford Brook. Edward Robinson was thinking about Bill. Bill was the real hundred percent he-man beloved of lady novelists. Edward envied him his muscles, his rugged good looks and his terrific passions. He picked up the book again and read the description of the proud Marchesa Bianca (she who had yielded her lips). So ravishing was her beauty, the intoxication of her was so great, that strong men went down before her like ninepins, faint and helpless with love.

      ‘Of course,’ said Edward to himself, ‘it’s all bosh, this sort of stuff. All bosh, it is. And yet, I wonder –’

      His eyes looked wistful. Was there such a thing as a world of romance and adventure somewhere? Were there women whose beauty intoxicated? Was there such a thing as love that devoured one like a flame?

      ‘This is real life, this is,’ said Edward. ‘I’ve got to go on the same just like all the other chaps.’

      On the whole, he supposed, he ought

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