Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings - Charles Dickens - Bog

Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings is a novella written by Charles Dickens, published in 1863. The story is narrated by Mrs. Lirriper, a landlady who runs a boarding house in London. The novella is divided into two parts, with the first part focusing on Mrs. Lirriper's life and the second part on the lives of her lodgers.In the first part, Mrs. Lirriper describes her background and how she came to run the boarding house. She is a kind and compassionate woman who takes care of her lodgers like they are family. She also shares her experiences with her husband, who was a drunkard and eventually died, leaving her to take care of their children.In the second part, Mrs. Lirriper introduces her current lodgers, including a young couple who are struggling financially, a retired military man who is haunted by his past, and a mysterious woman who keeps to herself. As the story unfolds, the lodgers' lives become intertwined, and Mrs. Lirriper must navigate their various problems and conflicts.Overall, Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings is a heartwarming and humorous story about the lives of ordinary people in Victorian London. Dickens' vivid descriptions of the characters and their surroundings bring the story to life, and his sharp wit and social commentary make it a timeless classic.Whoever would begin to be worried with letting Lodgings that wasn't a lone woman with a living to get is a thing inconceivable to me, my dear; excuse the familiarity, but it comes natural to me in my own little room, when wishing to open my mind to those that I can trust, and I should be truly thankful if they were all mankind, but such is not so, for have but a Furnished bill in the window and your watch on the mantelpiece.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.