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Plot. Henry Adams, a clerk in a San Francisco stockbroker's office, is swept out to sea while sailing one weekend. He is rescued by a ship bound for London and must work during the voyage to earn his passage, and he arrives in the city with his clothing in rags and only one dollar in his pocket.
- Mark Twain
- 1893
A short story about a man who receives a million-pound bank note from two English brothers and uses it to his advantage in London. He meets a wealthy woman, marries her, and cashes the note, but faces a dilemma when he learns the truth about the wager.
A penniless man in London receives a million pound note from two brothers who bet on his fate. Read the full summary of this classic novella by Mark Twain and its connection to the movie Trading Places.
Feb 27, 2020 · Well, the brothers, chatting along, happened to get to wondering what might be the fate of a perfectly honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned adrift in London without a friend, and with no money but that million-pound bank-note, and no way to account for his being in possession of it.
Well, the brothers, chatting along, happened to get to wondering what might be the fate of a perfectly honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned adrift in London without a friend, and with no money but that million-pound bank-note, and no way to account for his being in possession of it.
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The Million Pound Bank Note. by Mark Twain. 1893. 10th Grade Lexile: 910. Font Size. The End of the Beginning by Wayne Rafiki Morris is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. [1] When I was twenty-seven years old, I was a mining-broker’s clerk in San Francisco, and an expert in all the details of stock traffic.
Dec 30, 2020 · The Million Pound Bank Note is a story about how Henry Adams lands up in London, penniless and famished. Subsequently, he is given a million pound note by two old gentlemen who have a £20,000 bet on him.
