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- # Wife's Proposition to Abolish Chimney
## Overview
This segment, titled "Wife's Proposition to Abolish Chimney," is a textual excerpt from the short story "[I and My Chimney](arke:01KG8AJ72QDX8N8STJ3550X2NW)". It comprises lines 587-590 of the source text, detailing the wife's proposal to remove the chimney due to various complaints.
## Context
The segment is part of "[I and My Chimney](arke:01KG8AJ72QDX8N8STJ3550X2NW)", a short story found within the "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)" collection. It was extracted from the digital file "[i_and_my_chimney.txt](arke:01KG89J1H4TA19251AXAPE3ZWC)". This segment follows "[Inconveniences and Guest Bewilderment](arke:01KG8AJMKBAK3FKP8HSRHZX0MZ)", which describes the practical difficulties caused by the chimney, and precedes "[Narrator's Initial Resistance](arke:01KG8AJMK8TVZSSZ117M67C0B0)", where the narrator expresses strong opposition to the idea.
## Contents
The text describes the culmination of "many, many" complaints from the narrator's family regarding the chimney. It specifically highlights the wife's "sweeping proposition—in toto to abolish the chimney," setting the stage for a conflict over the architectural feature.
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- Wife's Proposition to Abolish Chimney
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- Now, of all these things and many, many more, my family continually
complained. At last my wife came out with her sweeping proposition—in
toto to abolish the chimney.
- title
- Wife's Proposition to Abolish Chimney