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Travels with My Aunt

by Graham Greene
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A retired London bank manager is yanked out of the suburbs by his eccentric aunt for a “cheerfully irreverent” romp across Europe (The Guardian).
 
Now that the dullish Henry Pulling has left his job with an agreeable pension and a firm handshake, he plans to spend more time weeding his dahlias. Then, for the first time in fifty years, he sees his aunt Augusta at his mother’s funeral. Charging into her seventies with florid abandon, not a day of her life wasted, and her future as bright as her brilliant red hair, Augusta insists that Henry abandon his garden, follow her, and hold on tight.
 
With that, she whisks her nephew out of Brighton and boards the Orient Express bound for Paris and Istanbul, then on to Paraguay, and down the rabbit hole of her past that swarms with swindlers, smugglers, war criminals, and rather unconventional lovers. With each new stop, Henry discovers not only more about his aunt and her secrets but also about himself as well.
 
Pulsing with “the tragic and comic ironies of love, loyalty and belief” Graham Greene’s deceptive lark of novel was made into the 1972 film starring Maggie Smith (The Times, London).
 
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Publisher: Open Road Media

Kindle Book

  • Release date: April 10, 2018

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781504052559
  • File size: 1807 KB
  • Release date: April 10, 2018

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781504052559
  • File size: 3000 KB
  • Release date: April 10, 2018

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Kindle Book
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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction Literature Thriller

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:880
Text Difficulty:4-5

A retired London bank manager is yanked out of the suburbs by his eccentric aunt for a “cheerfully irreverent” romp across Europe (The Guardian).
 
Now that the dullish Henry Pulling has left his job with an agreeable pension and a firm handshake, he plans to spend more time weeding his dahlias. Then, for the first time in fifty years, he sees his aunt Augusta at his mother’s funeral. Charging into her seventies with florid abandon, not a day of her life wasted, and her future as bright as her brilliant red hair, Augusta insists that Henry abandon his garden, follow her, and hold on tight.
 
With that, she whisks her nephew out of Brighton and boards the Orient Express bound for Paris and Istanbul, then on to Paraguay, and down the rabbit hole of her past that swarms with swindlers, smugglers, war criminals, and rather unconventional lovers. With each new stop, Henry discovers not only more about his aunt and her secrets but also about himself as well.
 
Pulsing with “the tragic and comic ironies of love, loyalty and belief” Graham Greene’s deceptive lark of novel was made into the 1972 film starring Maggie Smith (The Times, London).
 
Expand title description text
Classic Literature Fiction Literature Thriller
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Open Road Media

    Kindle Book
    Release date: April 10, 2018

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781504052559
    File size: 1807 KB
    Release date: April 10, 2018

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781504052559
    File size: 3000 KB
    Release date: April 10, 2018

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 880
    Text Difficulty: 4-5