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The Man Upstairs and Other Stories (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Man Upstairs and Other StoriesAlthough this story is concerned principally with the Man and the Maid, the Miasma pervades it to such an extent that I feel justified in putting his name on the bills. Webster's Dictionary gives the meaning of the word 'miasma' as 'an infection floating in the air; a deadly exhalation'; and, in the opinion of Mr Robert Ferguson, his late employer, that description, though perhaps a little too fla...
Full description- Publisher: Echo Library
- Published: 30 January 2006
- Format: Paperback 216 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics
- ISBN 13: 9781846374432 ISBN 10: 184637443X
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Full description for The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
Although this story is concerned principally with the Man and the Maid, the Miasma pervades it to such an extent that I feel justified in putting his name on the bills. Webster's Dictionary gives the meaning of the word 'miasma' as 'an infection floating in the air; a deadly exhalation'; and, in the opinion of Mr Robert Ferguson, his late employer, that description, though perhaps a little too flattering, on the whole summed up Master Roland Bean pretty satisfactorily. Until the previous day he had served Mr Ferguson in the capacity of office-boy; but there was that about Master Bean which made it practically impossible for anyone to employ him for long.
