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    The Model Millionaire
    The Model Millionaire
    The Model Millionaire
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    The Model Millionaire

    By Oscar Wilde

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSovereign
    Release dateDec 15, 2015
    ISBN9781911144854
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    Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 and died on the 30th November 1900. He was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest.

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      The Model Millionaire - Oscar Wilde

      Oscar Wilde

      Oscar Wilde

      The Model Millionaire

      LONDON ∙ NEW YORK ∙ TORONTO ∙ SAO PAULO ∙ MOSCOW

      PARIS ∙ MADRID ∙ BERLIN ∙ ROME ∙ MEXICO CITY ∙ MUMBAI ∙ SEOUL ∙ DOHA

      TOKYO ∙ SYDNEY ∙ CAPE TOWN ∙ AUCKLAND ∙ BEIJING

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      www.sovereignclassic.net

      This Edition

      First published in 2015

      Copyright © 2015 Sovereign Classic

      Contents

      THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE

      OSCAR WILDE CLASSICS

      THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE

      A NOTE OF ADMIRATION

      Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. These are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never realised. Poor Hughie! Intellectually, we must admit, he was not of much importance. He never said a brilliant or even an ill-natured thing

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