Old Ebenezer

A 19th-century illustrated novel by Opie Percival Read, Old Ebenezer follows Sam Lyman, a former Vermont schoolteacher who moves to a sleepy southwestern town to practice law alongside the local advocate John Caruthers.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›American and Canadian humor before 1900›Comic novels

Reader

Bibliophiles›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›American and Canadian humor before 1900›Comic novels