by Belloc · Cluster: Satirical Novel · Politics and Finance · Edwardian England
Abstract
A satirical novel built on the proverb that one man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge — a fable of Fate’s injustice in money and reputation. It opens with the tale of the reclusive New York usurer John Scott Guthrie, who amasses a fortune and settles a watched, teetotal-conditioned allowance on his feckless English nephew Wilfred Straddle.
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Forms & Genres: Novel, Satire Themes & Concepts: Money and Avarice, Greed and Money, Hypocrisy, Justice Right and Wrong, Temperance and Teetotalism, Capitalism, Economics Motifs: Money and Gold, Wine and Drink, Great House, Letters and Writing Historical References: America Settings: New York, London Archetypes: Self-Made Man