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- Pagine: 86
- Data di uscita: 01-01-2016
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3.5 stars. Who knew that Mark Twain wrote a Victorian era version of the Eddie Murphy movie Trading Places ... or at least half of it? This novella is an amusing, quick read. Henry Adams, a young man working a clerking job in San Francisco, is lost at sea, picked up by another ship and taken to Lond Leggi tutto
Imagine for a second that you have accidentally acquired an object of immense value, or a stash of immense wealth; a fortune that is not legally yours and one you can only admire privately; a fortune, which you cannot personally sell or encash for the fear of getting caught up in legal muddles; a fo Leggi tutto
A very short and delightful novella that plays around with the concept of perceived wealth and how it can literally change your life. Twain is great with getting into the foibles and weakness of society at the time, and in this case, not much has changed now. The story is set in London during Victor Leggi tutto
7.2/10 Henry Adams had nothing, then he got one million pounds, but still owned nothing? Two brothers from the high society, had an argument about whether someone with just a million pound bank note in his possession and nothing else, could actually make a living for a month. When a perfect subject ap Leggi tutto
"I had nothing in the world but a million pounds." Henry Adams winds up in Victorian London completely broke and with his clothes in tatters. With nothing to his name, he is on the streets hoping to find a morsel of food when he is spotted by two wealthy and eccentric brothers. The brothers have in t Leggi tutto
Just great! Reminiscent of the film "Trading Places", starting out about money but ending as a love story. A bit of humor... a bit of depth... and an unexpected twist at the end; like a fairy tale! Lovely stuff from the great Mark Twain. .
این کتاب از 27 داستان کوتاه تشکیل شده بعضی از داستان ها خیلی خنده دار و بعضی ها طنز تلخی داشت به داستان اول خندیدم ( اسکناس یک ملیون پوندی) برای داستان *کتاب شناسی بلند نظری*قهقه زدم ، تا به حال داستانی این چنین خنده دار نخونده بودم روح این نویسنده فکاهی نویس شاد ... Leggi tutto
"Il denaro, senza l'onore, è una malattia."
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