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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.
His "luck" turns when two brother, in order to settle a £20,000 bet they have made with each other, thrust a million pound note upon him. The story's conflict arises from the difficulty of the predicament; how does a penniless man explain how he lawfully came to possess a million pound note?
Sep 5, 2023 · Patrick Elliott-Walker. | Certified Educator. Last Updated September 5, 2023. This short story by Twain presents his primarily American readership with a sense of what virtues should define them as...
Dec 8, 2020 · Our current Story of the Week selection, then, is “The £1,000,000 Bank-Note,” both a satirical fantasy on the “get rich quick” idealism of American capitalism and a commentary on how easy it can be to get money if people think you already have it. Read “The £1,000,000 Bank-Note” by Mark Twain
Feb 27, 2020 · The Project Gutenberg EBook of The £1,000,000 bank-note, by Mark Twain This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
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.
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.
