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Title: The £1,000,000 bank-note, and other new stories
Alternate Title: The million pound bank-note, and other stories
Note: Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents: The £1,000,000 bank-note -- Mental telegraphy -- A cure for the blues -- The enemy conquered; or, Love triumphant -- About all kinds of ships -- Playing courier -- The German Chicago -- A petition to the Queen of England -- A majestic literary fossil.
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Summary: "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" by Mark Twain is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. In this particular tale, the narrative follows an American mining-broker’s clerk who, through a series of fortunate events, comes into possession of a million-pound bank-note. Stranded in London with no means but this note, he embarks on a comedic exploration of social status, wealth, and human nature, highlighting the absurdities of society and the hustle of life in a foreign city. At the start of the story, we meet a protagonist who finds himself in dire circumstances after being carried out to sea and working as a common sailor to reach London. Consequently, his only asset is a mysterious, untouched million-pound bank-note that he is skeptical about using. The plot unfolds as he navigates a world that reacts to him as a wealthy man due to the note’s presence, despite his initial poverty, leading to unexpected social interactions and reflections on worth and reputation. This premise sets the stage for Twain's characteristic wit, humor, and insightful commentary on human behavior amid the disparities of wealth and social class. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
EBook No.: 61522
Published: Feb 27, 2020
Downloads: 699
Language: English
Subject: Humorous stories, American
Subject: American fiction -- 19th century
Subject: American essays -- 19th century
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The £1,000,000 bank-note, and other new stories
Alternate Title: The million pound bank-note, and other stories
Note: Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents: The £1,000,000 bank-note -- Mental telegraphy -- A cure for the blues -- The enemy conquered; or, Love triumphant -- About all kinds of ships -- Playing courier -- The German Chicago -- A petition to the Queen of England -- A majestic literary fossil.
Credits:
Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http:
//www.pgdp.net
(This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)
Summary: "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" by Mark Twain is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. In this particular tale, the narrative follows an American mining-broker’s clerk who, through a series of fortunate events, comes into possession of a million-pound bank-note. Stranded in London with no means but this note, he embarks on a comedic exploration of social status, wealth, and human nature, highlighting the absurdities of society and the hustle of life in a foreign city. At the start of the story, we meet a protagonist who finds himself in dire circumstances after being carried out to sea and working as a common sailor to reach London. Consequently, his only asset is a mysterious, untouched million-pound bank-note that he is skeptical about using. The plot unfolds as he navigates a world that reacts to him as a wealthy man due to the note’s presence, despite his initial poverty, leading to unexpected social interactions and reflections on worth and reputation. This premise sets the stage for Twain's characteristic wit, humor, and insightful commentary on human behavior amid the disparities of wealth and social class. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
EBook No.: 61522
Published: Feb 27, 2020
Downloads: 699
Language: English
Subject: Humorous stories, American
Subject: American fiction -- 19th century
Subject: American essays -- 19th century
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.