Name: The Hammerpond Park Burglary
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Author: H. G. Wells

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WELLS, H. G.

The Hammerpond Park Burglary

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Teddy Watkins, professional burglar, has a plan: pose as an eccentric landscape painter, case Hammerpond House by daylight, and lift Lady Aveling's wedding diamonds by night. What he doesn't plan…

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H. G. Wells The Hammerpond Park Burglary Overview Wells opens by arguing, with a perfectly straight face, “whether burglary is to be considered as a sport, a trade, or an art” — and then tells the story of a professional burglar, Mr. Teddy Watkins, whose careful plan to rob Hammerpond House goes wrong in the funniest possible way: he ends up mistaken for a hero, carried into the house on the arm of the lord he came to rob, and put up for the night in the very room next to…

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Language:en

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