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Sylvie and Bruno

by Lewis Carroll

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  1. 01Front matter~2 min
  2. 02CHAPTER 1. LESS BREAD! MORE TAXES!~15 min
  3. 03CHAPTER 2. L'AMIE INCONNUE.~13 min
  4. 04CHAPTER 3. BIRTHDAY-PRESENTS.~14 min
  5. 05CHAPTER 4. A CUNNING CONSPIRACY.~13 min
  6. 06CHAPTER 5. A BEGGAR'S PALACE.~17 min
  7. 07CHAPTER 6. THE MAGIC LOCKET.~14 min
  8. 08CHAPTER 7. THE BARONS EMBASSY.~12 min
  9. 09CHAPTER 8. A RIDE ON A LION.~12 min
  10. 10CHAPTER 9. A JESTER AND A BEAR.~15 min
  11. 11CHAPTER 10. THE OTHER PROFESSOR.~13 min
  12. 12CHAPTER 11. PETER AND PAUL.~9 min
  13. 13CHAPTER 12. A MUSICAL GARDENER.~15 min
  14. 14CHAPTER 13. A VISIT TO DOGLAND.~16 min
  15. 15CHAPTER 14. FAIRY-SYLVIE.~23 min
  16. 16CHAPTER 15. BRUNO'S REVENGE.~16 min
  17. 17CHAPTER 16. A CHANGED CROCODILE.~13 min
  18. 18CHAPTER 17. THE THREE BADGERS.~19 min
  19. 19CHAPTER 18. QUEER STREET, NUMBER FORTY.~16 min
  20. 20CHAPTER 19. HOW TO MAKE A PHLIZZ.~17 min
  21. 21CHAPTER 20. LIGHT COME, LIGHT GO.~17 min
  22. 22CHAPTER 21. THROUGH THE IVORY DOOR.~21 min
  23. 23CHAPTER 22. CROSSING THE LINE.~22 min
  24. 24CHAPTER 23. AN OUTLANDISH WATCH.~18 min
  25. 25CHAPTER 24. THE FROGS' BIRTHDAY-TREAT.~22 min
  26. 26CHAPTER 25. LOOKING EASTWARD. — part 1~25 min
  27. 27CHAPTER 25. LOOKING EASTWARD. — part 2~10 min

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--and then all the people cheered again, and one man, who was more excited than the rest, flung his hat high into the air, and shouted (as well as I could make out) “Who roar for the Sub-Warden?” Everybody roared, but whether it was for the Sub-Warden, or not, did not clearly appear: some were shouting “Bread!” and some “Taxes!”, but no one seemed to know what it was they really wanted. All this I saw from the open window of the Warden's breakfast-saloon, looking across the shoulder of the Lord Chancellor, who had sprung to his feet the moment the shouting began, almost as if he had been expecting it, and had rushed to the window which commanded the best view of the market-place.

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