Brewster's Millions

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Brewster's Millions

by George Barr McCutcheon

EN·~6 hours·37 chapters

Chapters

37 total
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BREWSTER'S MILLIONS

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BY - GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON

0:06
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BREWSTER'S MILLIONS

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4

CHAPTER I - A BIRTHDAY DINNER

7:31
5

CHAPTER II - SHADES OF ALADDIN

6:50
6

CHAPTER III - MRS. AND MISS GRAY

10:43
7

CHAPTER IV - A SECOND

12:05
8

CHAPTER V - THE MESSAGE FROM JONES

16:12
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CHAPTER VI - MONTY CRISTO

15:31
10

CHAPTER VII - A LESSON IN TACT

6:18

Description

Montgomery “Monty” Brewster is the charismatic grandson of a notoriously wealthy patriarch, living a modest life despite his family’s fortune. At his twenty‑fifth birthday, surrounded by the “little sons of the rich,” he delivers a good‑natured speech that hints at the expectations placed on him. When a mysterious messenger arrives, the celebration takes an unexpected turn, and Monty learns that his grandfather has set a peculiar condition for the inheritance he stands to receive.

The condition is a wild wager: Monty must spend a staggering sum of money within a strict deadline, all while preserving the principal. What follows is a whirlwind of extravagant schemes, comic mishaps, and clever improvisations as he navigates high‑society parties, eccentric acquaintances, and the relentless pressure to prove he can handle wealth responsibly. Listeners will be drawn into Monty’s fast‑paced quest, cheering his resourcefulness and humor as he tries to turn a financial frenzy into a lesson in character.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (349K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines.

Release date

2003-12-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

George Barr McCutcheon

George Barr McCutcheon

1866–1928

Best known for the wildly popular Graustark novels and the comic classic Brewster's Millions, this Indiana-born writer helped shape early 20th-century popular fiction. His stories mixed romance, adventure, and light wit in a way that made him a favorite with a wide readership.

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