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The Model Millionaire

Author
Oscar Wilde
Read by
Josh Verbae
Series
Tales by Oscar Wilde
Language
English
Length
13 minutes
ISBN
9781911144847
Published
15 December 2015
Imprint
Sovereign
  • wealth
  • kindness
  • generosity
  • unexpected
  • transformation
  • opportunity
  • society
  • superficial
  • appearance
  • compassion

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Description

Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the girl's father will not allow it, since Erskine has no money. Erskine's friend Alan Trevor is a painter, and he visits him at his studio one day to find him with a pitiable beggar — the model for his painting. Erskine only has one coin, on which he depends for transportation, but he decides he can walk for a couple of weeks and gives the beggar the coin. Read in English, unabridged.

Author

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was born in Dublin, took a double first at Magdalen College, Oxford, and made conversation a form of literature. The Picture of Dorian Gray is the one novel — beauty, bargain, and a portrait that keeps the score. The Importance of Being Earnest is the comedy in which nothing is earnest except the jokes. Prison and exile followed the trials. Style was an ethic. Scandal became a second plot.

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