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Readers who love adventure, race meetings and stock market schemes, a self-made hero with a secret, and a romance between two people who each hide something from the other.
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What would you do for a photograph of a stranger's daughter? In a grass-walled hut in Bekwando, a rough adventurer wins one at cards, and it changes his life. A Millionaire of Yesterday is a novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim about money, guilt and love. It follows Scarlett Trent from the swamps of Bekwando to the drawing rooms of London. You get a fast story with a hard hero, and the first scene shows how it begins.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1Two partners wait in a filthy hutFree
- 2A photograph is staked against brandy
- 3A concession signed and a clause that matters
- 4The flight through the swamp
- 5A millionaire finds he is not happy
- 6Da Souza names a threat
- 7A woman with a secret of her own
- 8Africa tests the man Trent has become
- 9What the story is really about
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Two partners wait in a filthy hut
The story opens in Africa. Scarlett Trent, a rough young trader, and an old ruined gentleman called Monty sit in a native village in Bekwando. They have come to win a concession to work gold mines from the local King.
Trent has spent his savings on bearers and rum. Monty, a drunkard with the voice of an Eton man, dreams of wealth as a golden key to London and Paris. He wants only a year or two of real living, and his talk plants a secret dread in Trent, who wonders if money can buy happiness at all.
The scene sets up both men. Trent is hard, practical and proud. Monty is weak, sharp and broken. Their bargain will tie them together long after the hut is gone.
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What is A Millionaire of Yesterday about?
It follows Scarlett Trent, a rough trader who wins a gold concession in Africa with a drunken partner called Monty. He becomes a London millionaire, falls in love, and fears that the past will ruin him.
Who is Monty in A Millionaire of Yesterday?
Monty is Trent's older partner, a ruined gentleman with a drinking problem who hides his past. He carries a photograph of his little daughter, which Trent wins at cards, and that picture drives the story.
Who is Ernestine Wendermott?
Ernestine is a young woman who works as a journalist for a newspaper called the Hour. Trent meets her in his garden and falls in love, while she has secrets and a purpose of her own.
What is the Bekwando concession?
It is the right to work gold mines near the village of Bekwando in West Africa, signed by the local King. It builds Trent's fortune, and its terms about partners create the central danger.
Is A Millionaire of Yesterday easy to read?
Yes, the language is plain, the chapters are short, and the plot moves quickly from African adventures to London dinners and horse races. The scenes are clear, and strong villains keep the pages turning.