At Pinney's Ranch

by Edward Bellamy

Mr. Joseph Kilgore was suffering from one of those spring influenzas which make a man feel as if he were his own grandfather. His nose had acquired the shape of a turnip and the complexion of a beet. All his bones ached as if he had been soundly thrashed, and his eyes were weak and watery. Your deadly disease is oftener than not a gentleman who takes your life without mauling you, but the minor diseases are mere bruisers who just go in for making one as uncomfortable and unpresentable as possible. Mr. Kilgore's influenza had been coming on for several days, and when he woke up this particular morning and heard the rain dripping on the piazza-roof just under his bedroom-window, he concluded, like a sensible man, that he would stay at home and nurse himself over the fire that day, instead of going to the office.

Genres: Short Stories

30 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1898

About the author

Edward Bellamy, American writer and Utopian socialist, publicized his political views through Looking Backward , his popular novel of 1888.

People acclaimed Edward Bellamy, a Christian author.

Many Marxists of the time widely regarded and referenced his work of fiction.

It first succeeded behind only Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur .

It inspired a less successful sequel, entitled Equality , more of a tract, and generally spurred movement in the United States and abroad. At one time, people even formed a party of Edward Bellamy in the Netherlands.

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Reviews

[Quirkyreader · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story has a supernatural romance element to it.