Un pari de milliardaires et autres nouvelles by Mark Twain

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Author Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Translator Gaïl, François de, 1874-1947
Title Un pari de milliardaires et autres nouvelles
Original Publication France: Mercure de France, 1905.
Note Translated selections from: The £1,000,000 bank-note, and other new stories
Note Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Contents Un pari de milliardaires -- Une pétition a la reine d'Angleterre -- La Chicago allemande -- La télégraphie mentale -- Un courrier amateur -- Un majestueux fossile -- Essais humoristiques sur des sujets variés: Bateaux modernes et vieux bateaux. L'Arche de Noé. La caravelle de Christophe Colomb. Un sentiment disparu.
Credits Véronique Le Bris, Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica))
Summary "Un pari de milliardaires et autres nouvelles" by Mark Twain is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The work opens with a humorous tale involving a young man who comes to London with little money and finds himself embroiled in a peculiar wager between two wealthy brothers involving a million-pound banknote, exploring themes of luck, deception, and social status. At the start of the story, the protagonist, disheveled and famished, is saved from starvation by two wealthy brothers engaged in a heated debate over whether a resourceful stranger could survive in London with a mysterious million-pound banknote. After choosing him as their test subject, they entrust him with the note, leading to an amusing series of encounters as he navigates his newfound wealth while grappling with the absurdities and pitfalls of high society. As he begins to enjoy the benefits of his situation, he becomes increasingly concerned about the implications of the wager being made on his behalf and the fate awaiting him once the month ends, adding a layer of suspense to the comedic premise. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language French
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject American fiction -- Translations into French
Subject American essays -- Translations into French
Subject Humorous stories, American -- Translations into French
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EBook-No. 70778
Release Date
Most Recently Updated May 21, 2023
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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