Project Gutenberg 2016-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 61 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor Living Too Fast; Or, The Confessions of a Bank Officer Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Giovanni Fini, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Living Too Fast; Or, The Confessions of a Bank Officer" by William T. Adams, also known as Oliver Optic, is a fictional narrative written in the late 19th century. The book explores the moral dilemmas and experiences of a bank officer who becomes entangled in a life of deceit, driven by ambition and the desire to uphold appearances. The protagonist, Paley Glasswood, grapples with competition, rivalry, and the consequences of his choices, painting a picture of the struggles young businessmen encountered during this period. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Paley Glasswood as he and his friend Tom Flynn vie for a coveted bank position. The competition heightens as Paley confronts his feelings of superiority, stemming from his belief in his own integrity compared to Tom’s dubious past. Through their interactions, it is clear that Paley’s ambitions are overshadowed by a nagging conscience when Tom is unfairly disqualified from the running due to past suspicions of theft, which Paley’s uncle manipulates for his advantage. As Paley begins his new position and becomes infatuated with the charming Miss Lilian Oliphant, his confidence begins to spiral into a web of deceitfulness regarding their increasing financial burdens and living arrangements, setting the stage for the moral decay that will ensue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Children's stories Young women -- Juvenile fiction Uncles -- Juvenile fiction Household employees -- Juvenile fiction Young men -- Juvenile fiction Temperance -- Juvenile fiction Boston (Mass.) -- Juvenile fiction Theft -- Juvenile fiction Money -- Juvenile fiction Marriage -- Juvenile fiction Banks and banking -- Juvenile fiction Debt -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 449359 449365 2024-10-21T10:46:18.091292 2023-09-22T07:54:40.201377 text/html text/html 454946 2016-01-28T14:23:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 784301 2016-01-28T14:23:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 866122 2024-10-21T10:46:26.520276 application/epub+zip 863427 2024-10-21T10:46:19.429276 application/epub+zip 253199 2024-10-21T10:46:18.761293 application/epub+zip 977467 2024-10-21T10:46:31.295250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 929973 2024-10-21T10:46:25.632291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321485 2022-09-23T08:36:53.424889 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398310 398105 2024-10-21T10:46:16.899809 2023-09-22T07:54:39.120321 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 398442 2016-01-28T14:22:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 141640 2016-01-28T14:23:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 23117 2024-10-21T10:46:31.443222 application/rdf+xml 17972 2024-10-21T10:46:18.851288 image/jpeg 2506 2024-10-21T10:46:18.806282 image/jpeg 788009 2024-10-21T10:46:18.164322 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 More titles under Ashton, Warren T.