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The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom by Tobias Smollett

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom by Tobias Smollett

By: Lina
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 You can call me Dr. Fathom. Or Count Fathom. But I'm not who I say I am. And can you blame me? My mother was a soldiers' harlot who pocketed extra loot by wandering through the battlefield stripping the dead and dying of valuables. I don't even know who my father was, except he must have had my handsome looks. People liked looking at me. And people liked how I talked too. Early on, I learned that telling the truth didn't get you the same quick reward as telling them what they wanted to hear, being assiduously charming, dissimulating. In a word, lying. I became good at it. And I became the favorite of a rich Hungarian count who took me in and coaxed his pathetically naïve son to look up to me and learn to be like me. Ha! How I wanted to sell my soul to trade places with Renaldo! I wanted his money. I wanted his beautiful life. I wanted his beautiful wife -- at least for an extra notch on my belt. This is the story of how I went about achieving those things. It was easy, especially at first. Because, to tell the truth, people secretly yearn for tall tales. - Summary by Arthur KrolmanCopyright Lina Art
Episodes
  • Chapter 67

    Chapter 67
    Sep 28 2024
    40 mins
  • Chapter 66

    Chapter 66
    Sep 28 2024
    29 mins
  • Chapter 65

    Chapter 65
    Sep 28 2024
    19 mins
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