Rich Man, Poor Man
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A quiet clerk's Christmas Eve brings an unexpected newspaper notice into a New York boarding house. Mr. Mapleson, a shy resident of Mrs. Tilney's establishment, carries an advertisement seeking a man known by several names. Nearby, a report announces that the financier Beeston is critically ill. Maximilian Foster opens his novel with small domestic observations and guarded conversations, giving an ordinary evening the tension of a family secret.
The scene later shifts to Beeston's grand household, where his granddaughter Barbara, called Bab, prepares for her first dance. Flowers, an orchestra and a temperamental grandfather give this occasion both splendor and unease. Inheritance, courtship and competing attachments shape a story concerned with money and personal choices.
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Book facts
- Author
- Maximilian Foster
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online