Tristram of Blent: An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House

by Anthony Hope · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 6 · 8,345 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: England — Social life and customs — Fiction · Inheritance and succession — Fiction · Young men — Fiction

Words worth knowing: grudgingly · provocative · dispossess · brusque · connivance · misapprehension · condole · clearance

He had once practised at the Bar, and liked to explain that he had deserted his profession for the pursuit of literature.

He did not, however, write on his own account; he edited.

He would edit anything provided there was no great public demand for an edition of it.

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