"I was a twenty-seven-year-old mining-broker's clerk in San Francisco, and
an expert in all the details of stock traffic. I was alone in the world and had nothing to depend upon but my wits and a clean reputation; but these were setting my feet in the road to eventual fortune, and I was content with the prospect."
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The £1,000,000 Bank Note
(1893)
The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories
(1893) is a collection of nine humorous short stories by Mark Twain. The title story is an entertaining tale about how a bet between two rich English gentleman results in a poor clerk from San Francisco gaining wealth and status in London society. Movie fans will recognize this story as the inspiration for the 1980s movie
Trading Places
.
This replica of the 1893 edition of
is a charming addition to anyone's library of Mark Twain books.