Project Gutenberg 2020-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 859 Twain, Mark 1835 1910 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) The £1,000,000 bank-note, and other new stories The million pound bank-note, and other stories Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_%C2%A31,000,000_Bank_Note_and_Other_New_Stories The £1,000,000 bank-note -- Mental telegraphy -- A cure for the blues -- The enemy conquered; or, Love triumphant -- About all kinds of ships -- Playing courier -- The German Chicago -- A petition to the Queen of England -- A majestic literary fossil. Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" by Mark Twain is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. In this particular tale, the narrative follows an American mining-broker’s clerk who, through a series of fortunate events, comes into possession of a million-pound bank-note. Stranded in London with no means but this note, he embarks on a comedic exploration of social status, wealth, and human nature, highlighting the absurdities of society and the hustle of life in a foreign city. At the start of the story, we meet a protagonist who finds himself in dire circumstances after being carried out to sea and working as a common sailor to reach London. Consequently, his only asset is a mysterious, untouched million-pound bank-note that he is skeptical about using. The plot unfolds as he navigates a world that reacts to him as a wealthy man due to the note’s presence, despite his initial poverty, leading to unexpected social interactions and reflections on worth and reputation. This premise sets the stage for Twain's characteristic wit, humor, and insightful commentary on human behavior amid the disparities of wealth and social class. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Humorous stories, American American fiction -- 19th century American essays -- 19th century PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Humour Category: American Literature 445764 2025-07-24T10:57:38.908549 text/html 423747 2024-10-17T16:46:56 text/html 262033 2025-07-24T10:57:45.502573 application/epub+zip 261450 2025-07-24T10:57:40.257562 application/epub+zip 250941 2025-07-24T10:57:39.538573 application/epub+zip 365472 2025-07-24T10:57:49.418540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339154 2025-07-24T10:57:44.781615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328910 2022-09-27T19:14:11.226617 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394579 2025-07-24T10:57:38.221537 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 374639 2024-10-17T16:46:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17585 2025-07-24T10:57:49.572506 application/rdf+xml 12754 2025-07-24T10:57:39.635531 image/jpeg 1776 2025-07-24T10:57:39.584577 image/jpeg 234443 2025-07-24T10:57:38.946556 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