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Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of air pollution. Excerpt:
They crawled along through the black suffocating darkness, feeble, languid, and sweating at every pore. There was a murky closeness in the vitiated atmosphere that seemed to take all the strength and energy away. At any other time the walk to Clarence Terrace would have been a… (more)
Language: English
Published in: 1903
Word count: 7,687 words (≈ 31 minutes)
Source: Project Gutenberg Australia http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0603531h.html
License: Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (cc by-nc-sa)
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