Brewster's Millions

by George Barr McCutcheon

Overview

Would you be able to spend a million dollars in cash and leave yourself penniless, if it meant you would then be given many more millions? That's poor Monty Brewster's dilemma in this charming 1903 tale which has been made into a movie six times, the most recent starring Richard Pryor and John Candy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442948440
Publisher:	ReadHowYouWant
Publication date:	07/16/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	460 KB

About the Author

Indiana native George Barr McCutcheon (1866–1928) found success with his first novel, Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind a Throne, which led to a series of five sequels, all set in a fictional East European country. Brewster's Millions, which has been adapted for the stage and screen, is his best-known work.

Table of Contents

Chapter I A Birthday Dinner 1

Chapter II Shades of Aladdin 8

Chapter III Mrs. and Miss Gray 14

Chapter IV A Second Will 23

Chapter V The Message from Jones 33

Chapter VI Monty Cristo 48

Chapter VII A Lesson in Tact 58

Chapter VIII The Forelock of Time 64

Chapter IX Love and a Prize-fight 71

Chapter X The Napoleon of Finance 78

Chapter XI Coals of Fire 87

Chapter XII Christmas Despair 98

Chapter XIII A Friend in Need 106

Chapter XIV Mrs. DeMille Entertains 114

Chapter XV The Cut Direct 124

Chapter XVI In the Sunny South 136

Chapter XVII The New Tenderfoot 147

Chapter XVIII The Prodigal at Sea 155

Chapter XIX One Hero and Another 163

Chapter XX Le Roi S'Amuse 170

Chapter XXI Fairyland 182

Chapter XXII Prince and Peasants 191

Chapter XXIII An Offer of Marriage 200

Chapter XXIV The Sheik's Strategy 209

Chapter XXV The Rescue of Peggy 222

Chapter XXVI The Mutiny 230

Chapter XXVII A Fair Traitor 238

Chapter XXVIII A Catastrophe 248

Chapter XXIX The Prodigal's Return 257

Chapter XXX The Promise of Thrift 266

Chapter XXXI How the Million Disappeared 274

Chapter XXXII The Night Before 282

Chapter XXXIII The Flight of Jones 289

Chapter XXXIV The Last Word 298

Editorial Reviews

Adults and teens alike will be drawn in to this riotous comedy, sweating it out as Monty comes down to the wire.”

SoundCommentary.com (starred review)

[An] ingenious plot…[Brewster’s] difficulties make very entertaining reading, for, as with all favorites of fortune, his luck is phenomenal.”

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