Project Gutenberg 2009-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 77 Bacheller, Irving 1859 1950 Bacheller, Addison Irving 12020561 'Charge It': Keeping Up With Harry Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Charge It" by Irving Bacheller is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story delves into the themes of extravagant living and social pretensions through the lens of its protagonist, Harry, as he navigates his affluent lifestyle with a mix of humor and absurdity. Supported by the Honorable Socrates Potter, Harry's escapades highlight the pitfalls of materialism and the social pressures of maintaining an appearance of wealth. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Harry and Socrates as they rush through a series of chaotic shopping activities, where Harry frequently declares, “Charge it,” emphasizing a carefree attitude toward spending that defines his character. The opening depicts a series of frantic events involving their car journey, accidents, and near-misses that illustrate Harry's reckless pursuit of social engagements, particularly a bridge party. Socrates, as a more grounded observer, articulates the contrasts between their extravagant lifestyle and the moral implications of their actions, setting the stage for the exploration of personal and societal values intertwined with humor and irony. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Didactic fiction Humorous stories PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction 228853 228852 2024-10-12T16:14:38.666104 2023-09-13T07:02:52.856991 text/html text/html 239834 2021-01-05T09:45:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 529921 2021-01-05T09:45:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 614625 2024-10-12T16:14:46.771068 application/epub+zip 617567 2024-10-12T16:14:42.106092 application/epub+zip 145014 2024-10-12T16:14:40.758091 application/epub+zip 780948 2024-10-12T16:14:50.195082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 767031 2024-10-12T16:14:45.852212 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 239453 2022-09-13T16:01:18.184643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184719 184635 2024-10-12T16:14:37.843108 2023-09-13T07:02:52.179999 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 184535 2021-01-05T09:45:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 73514 2021-01-05T09:45:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 184527 2021-01-05T09:45:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 73486 2021-01-05T09:45:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21415 2024-10-12T16:14:50.330044 application/rdf+xml 14713 2024-10-12T16:14:41.318083 image/jpeg 3602 2024-10-12T16:14:41.041086 image/jpeg 604037 2024-10-12T16:14:38.705107 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia