Project Gutenberg 2010-12-08 Public domain in the USA. 252 Train, Arthur Cheney 1875 1945 McAllister and His Double McAllister's Christmas -- The Baron de Ville -- The escape of Wilkins -- The governor-general's trunk -- The golden touch -- McAllister's data of ethics -- McAllister's marriage -- The jailbird -- In the course of justice -- The Maximilian diamond -- Extradition. Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "McAllister and His Double" by Arthur Cheney Train is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the main character, McAllister, a clubman who faces an unexpected and tumultuous Christmas when he becomes mistaken for a criminal named Fatty Welch. The narrative explores themes of identity, social class, and fate in a comically embroiled twist of events. The opening of the book introduces McAllister as a somewhat disgruntled clubman who is stuck at his club during the Christmas season, longing for company and feeling irritated by the festive atmosphere surrounding him. His evening takes a dramatic turn when he finds himself in a runaway cab with a dangerous criminal and is soon arrested, believing he is merely a victim of circumstance. McAllister grapples with being mistakenly identified as a notorious thief, leading to a series of unfortunate yet humorous encounters with the police and his former valet, Wilkins. This sets the stage for an engaging exploration of mistaken identity and the chaos that ensues as McAllister seeks to clear his name, discovering both the absurdity of his situation and the inherent struggles of those living on the fringes of society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/34597/34597-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories Single men -- Fiction Valets -- Fiction Mystery and detective stories PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 441387 2025-07-14T07:15:03.313975 text/html 447363 2021-01-07T07:36:50 text/html 460097 2025-07-14T07:15:09.640903 application/epub+zip 463244 2025-07-14T07:15:04.402920 application/epub+zip 216493 2025-07-14T07:15:03.863968 application/epub+zip 600885 2025-07-14T07:15:13.568919 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 556853 2025-07-14T07:15:09.024905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311794 2022-09-16T04:02:59.880704 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397768 2025-07-14T07:15:02.382947 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 397567 2021-01-07T07:36:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 397515 2021-01-07T07:36:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 397508 2021-01-07T07:36:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24511 2025-07-14T07:15:13.705872 application/rdf+xml 23167 2025-07-14T07:15:03.946939 image/jpeg 3631 2025-07-14T07:15:03.906916 image/jpeg 156277 2021-01-07T07:36:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 156203 2021-01-07T07:36:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 431816 2021-01-07T07:36:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 156133 2021-01-07T07:36:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 432762 2025-07-14T07:15:03.372952 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia