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Introducing the Million Pounds

The Million pound Note” (The Million Pound Note) is a novel by the famous American writer Mark Twain, which tells the story of an impoverished salesman, Henry Adams, an American young man who had an adventure in London. Two wealthy brothers in London make a bet to lend Henry an uncashable million-dollar bill to see how he ends up in a month. The month came, and instead of starving or being arrested, Henry became rich, won the heart of a beautiful lady, and got a job with his brother. The article reproduces the irony and humor in the master’s novels with a slightly exaggerated artistic technique, and exposes the money-worshiping thought of British society at the beginning of the 20th century.   

The author of “Million Pounds” is hilarious, funny, and overflowing with joy. The 30,000 Yuan Inheritance” contains allegory. We see how money distorts people’s thoughts and feelings, so that the protagonist is dizzy, and finally “immersed in a vague dream of regret and sadness.” Before dying, the hero and heroine realize that “outbreak A trap for undeserved great wealth.” In “The Man Who Destroyed Hedleyburg,” Mark Twain put away his smiling face, filled with poignant irony, and dismissed the “honest, proud” gentleman’s The hypocrisy was peeled off, revealing their greediness of “becoming a bitch and building a torii. It could also be called “laughing,” but it was a grim laugh.