Project Gutenberg 2022-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 183 Phillips, David Graham 1867 1911 Graham, John Grant, Gordon 1875 1962 Grant, Gordon H. 03023893 The Master Rogue: The Confessions of a Croesus $aUnited States :$bMcClure, Phillips & Company,$c1903. D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by University of California libraries) "The Master Rogue: The Confessions of a Crœsus" by David Graham Phillips is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows a determined and ambitious man who aspires to achieve great wealth and social status, navigating the corrupt and competitive landscape of business in New York. The protagonist, who recounts his rise to becoming a millionaire, grapples with ambition, betrayal, and the moral complexities that accompany his quest for power. The opening of the narrative introduces the main character, who reflects on his unwavering confidence that he would become a millionaire from a young age. He describes his journey from a clerk in a dry-goods house to general manager and eventual partner, underlining his ambition and drive. The protagonist reveals his disdain for his senior partner, Mr. Judson, and how this envy fuels his desires for wealth and dominance. A critical turning point arises when he discovers that Judson is financially entangled, presenting an opportunity for the protagonist to seize control of the business. This sets the stage for further moral dilemmas and conflicts as he navigates his path to wealth and the subsequent impact on his family and relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/masterrogueconf00philgoog/mode/2up 20200724121430phillips 1903 US Reading ease score: 70.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Children of the rich -- Fiction Millionaires -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 313453 2025-06-26T11:24:45.426183 text/html 301971 2024-10-18T17:58:07 text/html 634621 2025-06-26T11:24:50.030171 application/epub+zip 631458 2025-06-26T11:24:46.322160 application/epub+zip 212501 2025-06-26T11:24:45.869180 application/epub+zip 718168 2025-06-26T11:24:52.919121 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 692141 2025-06-26T11:24:49.602141 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274606 2022-09-30T07:06:55.374699 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278882 2025-06-26T11:24:44.858221 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 258765 2024-10-18T17:58:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18215 2025-06-26T11:24:53.057142 application/rdf+xml 20938 2025-06-26T11:24:45.989177 image/jpeg 2973 2025-06-26T11:24:45.929171 image/jpeg 819518 2025-06-26T11:24:45.476163 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 en.wikipedia