&quote;The Million Pound Note&quote; from Selection of Novelettes and Short Stories by Mark Twain(Collection of World-Famous Books)

("e;The Million Pound Note"e; from Selection of Novelettes and Short Stories by Mark Twain) This book collects 19 pieces of novelettes and short stories by Mark Twain, in which "e;The Million Pound Note"e;, "e;Running for Governor"e;, and "e;The Californian's Tale"e; are the most prestigious. Like a pearl among numerous novelettes and short stories by this writer, "e;The Million Pound Note"e; is currently included in the Chinese teaching materials. The leading character of this story, Henry, is a poor American young man who wanders in the UK. Selected by two wealthy men by chance, he becomes the man who gets one million ponds in a bet. One of such two wealthy men bets that Henry will starve to death in the street within 30 days. The other one thinks that Henry will not. In the boasting, money-oriented society then, the life of Henry undergoes an earthshaking change because of this unexpected million pond note.