Titbottoms Spectacles, George William Curtis
Titbottoms Spectacles, George William Curtis
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Titbottom's Spectacles

Author: George William Curtis

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/10/2014


Synopsis

George William Curtis (1824 - 1892) was a traveller, essayist and fiction writer who was particularly renowned for his short stories. He combined a highly polished style with a great sense of humour and his works we enthusiastically received in the heydays of American Periodical Literature.

In the marvellous story Titbottom's Spectacles, Curtis displays the individual charm of his work as well as the delicate atmosphere of sympathy and humour in which he sets his scenes and his characters. It is a part mystical, part satirical account of the possession of a pair of spectacles which can reveal people as they really are in their essential qualities.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John

This was an extremely freaky tale about a man who is given glasses which let him see people for who they really are, and the actual consequences of that fact.......more

Titbottom's spectacles makes him see people for what they truly are. In fact, they are a curse since he can never take people lightly. I thought the story original and well written though it doesn't have any dramatic moments, it still is an interesting read.......more