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What if every profit is a setback, and spending your last dollar is the only way to become rich?
Montgomery Brewster, known as Monty, inherits a million dollars from his grandfather and can finally live like his wealthy New York friends. Then a larger inheritance comes with a peculiar condition: he must spend the first fortune within a year, under strict rules, and have nothing to show for it.
Monty turns to entertaining, expensive pleasures, business ventures, and travel. But profits and helpful friends keep spoiling his plans. He cannot explain his reckless spending, even when those closest to him begin to worry. With Peggy Gray's affection and Barbara Drew's place in his romantic hopes, money is far from the only thing at stake.
What you’ll discover
- A fortune in reverse Watch every sensible financial instinct become an obstacle as Monty tries to spend himself poor.
- Rules that tighten the trap He cannot simply give everything away, so each expense demands a fresh plan.
- Friends who mean well Helpful friends become comic obstacles when their efforts work against Monty's secret purpose.
- Love beyond social standing Peggy's affection offers Monty something to value beyond wealth, even as his spending troubles others.
- Trust under comic pressure Behind the extravagant spending lies a test of friendship, secrecy, and Monty's sense of proportion.
Who will love it
Readers who enjoy comic plots built on one outrageous rule, romantic comedy, glittering settings from New York to the Mediterranean, and a hero who must find new ways to waste money.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A birthday dinner ends with a death
- A million arrives and a stranger's will follows
- The rules of a strange game
- Spending proves harder than it looks
- Two women and a banker's request
- Illness, a ball, and a friend's confession
- Aboard the Flitter the spending goes global
- A sheik, a mutiny, and a broken shaft
- What the story is about and how it is told
Who’s who
- Montgomery BrewsterA good-natured young New Yorker who must spend a million dollars in one year to earn seven million more.
- Peggy GrayMonty's childhood friend, loyal, outspoken and proud, who worries about his spending and wants him safe.
- Barbara DrewA beautiful and worldly society woman who wants Monty to court her, but judges him by his money.
- Swearengen JonesA blunt Montana rancher and executor of the will, who sets the rules by telegram and rarely explains himself.
- Colonel Prentiss DrewBarbara's father, a railroad man and bank president, who likes Monty and needs his help in a crisis.
- Mrs. Dan DeMilleA witty society wife who guides Monty through New York parties and sees more of his heart than he does.
- Oliver HarrisonCalled Nopper, a friend and Monty's first aide, who tries to help him and makes a costly mistake.
- Paul PettingillAn artist and old friend who designs Monty's dinners and ball and enjoys the chance to spend freely.
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Los millones de Brewster
by George Barr McCutcheon · 1902
Monty Brewster has one year to spend a million dollars and own nothing, or lose a fortune of seven million.
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Brewster's Millions is a comic novel by the American writer George Barr McCutcheon, published in 1902. It asks a question that sounds like a joke: how hard can it be to spend a fortune?
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A birthday dinner ends with a death
The story opens in the studio of the painter Paul Pettingill, where ten young men called the Little Sons of the Rich are celebrating the twenty-fifth birthday of Montgomery Brewster. Monty is tall, easygoing and well liked. He is the only grandson of Edwin Peter Brewster, a banker with many millions, and everyone expects him to inherit.
Monty's parents ran off together for love, and the old man never forgave them. When they died, he took the boy in, but the house was cold, and Monty chose to live on his bank salary in rooms at Mrs. Gray's on Fortieth Street. So he arrives at the party as a hardworking clerk with fine prospects and little cash.
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What is Brewster's Millions about?
It is about Monty Brewster, who inherits one million dollars and learns he will receive seven million more if he spends the first million within a year and owns nothing at the end. The rules are strict, and he cannot explain them.
Who is Swearengen Jones?
Jones is a rich Montana rancher and the executor of James Sedgwick's will. He sets the rules Monty must follow, judges his conduct, and communicates mostly by short, funny telegrams that are among the book's best jokes.
Why must Monty spend the money?
His uncle James Sedgwick hated Monty's grandfather and refused to let any of the old man's money mix with his own. So he ordered Monty to be penniless on his twenty-sixth birthday before the seven million could pass to him.
The author
George Barr McCutcheon
1866–1928 · American novelist
George Barr McCutcheon was an American novelist born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in 1866. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Lafayette, Indiana. His novels include Graustark, published in 1901, and Brewster’s Millions, published in 1902 under the name Richard Greaves. He died in New York City in 1928.
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