One million pounds in cash

Author: Mark Twain (USA)
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Publish Date: 1996-08-01
Features: Brief introduction "The Million Pound Bank Note" is a famous novel by Mark Twain. It depicts a small clerk in San Francisco going on a trip by sea, getting lost, being rescued, and ending up in London, England on the ship. With no money and no acquaintances, he is given a one million-pound note by two wealthy brothers, who bet on whether he can survive for thirty days with it. In the end of the novel, not only does the small man survive for thirty days, but he also makes a fortune using the million-pound note and wins the heart of a young lady. The novel satirizes the powerful and influential role of money in the bourgeois society through the clerk's various "adventures." The author uses cartoon-like techniques to portray the various embarrassing behaviors of different characters in the face of the "million-pound note," making it humorous, witty, and amusing, just like a satirical painting of social manners that leaves one laughing.