Peterkin Papers (version 2)

Peterkin Papers (version 2)

by Lucretia P. Hale

The Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The Peterkins are a lovable but comically inept family with ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy—but not common sense. Many chapters show the family trying to solve some problem in a roundabout way, failing, and eventually being rescued by "the wise old lady from Philadelphia," who cuts the Gordian knot with an effective but prosaic solution. The charm of the story is not in the plot, but in the telling, building up layers of complication, and the affectionate fun ...

🎧 Audiobook Details

🔗 Download

Download Zip File

Provided by Librivox.org - Public Domain Audiobooks