A Lonely Ride is an 1870 short story by notable American author Bret Harte. - AsNotedIn
As I stepped into the Slumgullion stage I saw that it was a dark night, a lonely road, and that I was the only passenger. Let me assure the reader that I have no ulterior design in making this assertion. A long course of light reading has forewarned me what every experienced intelligence must confidently look for from such a statement. The storyteller who willfully tempts Fate by such obvious beginnings; who is to the expectant reader in danger of being robbed or half-murdered, or frightened by an escaped lunatic, or introduced to his ladylove for the first time, deserves to be detected. I am relieved to say that none of these things occurred to me.
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1870/00/00 | Bret Harte | Author | "A Lonely Ride" by Bret Harte is included in his collection 'The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches' published by Fields, Osgood, and Co, Boston. |
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| Cultural Affiliation | American West | ||
| Object | Carpetbag | a traveling bag of a kind originally made of the thick woven fabric used for carpets | |
| Biology | Expectorate | cough or spit out (phlegm) from the throat or lungs | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
| Transportation | Stagecoach | a large closed horse-drawn vehicle used to carry passengers | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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