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Three Millions!

Oliver Optic

It centers on Eugene Hungerford, a principled young New Englander suddenly enriched by his uncle’s immense fortune—on the condition that he marry and produce a son named John Hungerford—setting up a conflict between love, duty, and personal integrity.

"Three millions! : or, The way of the world" by Oliver Optic is a novel. It centers on Eugene Hungerford, a principled young New Englander suddenly enriched by his uncle’s immense fortune—on the condition that he marry and produce a son named John Hungerford—setting up a conflict between love, duty, and personal integrity.

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THREE million dollars! In round numbers, three million dollars, after the legacies to individuals and the bequests to charitable institutions had been paid!

Three million dollars! Suggestive of mighty air-castles, of untold grandeur, of matchless liberality to the poor and needy! Suggestive, also, of long and weary years of patient seeking after worldly wealth, of painful struggles with adverse circumstances, and of parsimonious self-denial extending even to the very necessities of life.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I. Three Millions.
  2. 02Chapter II. Mr. Eliot Buckstone.
  3. 03Chapter III. The Hungerford Family.
  4. 04Chapter IV. Off the Great Bell.
  5. 05Chapter V. The Kingman Family.
  6. 06Chapter VI. A Strange Story.
  7. 07Chapter VII. Poor Mary!
  8. 08Chapter VIII. To Europe and Back.
  9. 09Chapter IX. Healing the Wounds.
  10. 10Chapter X. Ross Kingman.
  11. 11Chapter XI. Doctor Bilks.
  12. 12Chapter XII. Dick Birch.
  13. 13Chapter XIII. Dick Under a Shadow.
  14. 14Chapter XIV. In the Library.
  15. 15Chapter XV. Dr. Bilks on the Stand.
  16. 16Chapter XVI. Dr. Bilks’s Baby.
  17. 17Chapter XVII. The Settlement.
  18. 18Chapter XVIII. Evidence Wanted.
  19. 19Chapter XIX. The Rope and the Weight.
  20. 20Chapter XX. The Shadow at Pine Hill.
  21. 21Chapter XXI. The Demigod of Pine Hill.
  22. 22Chapter XXII. Dick Birch’s Suggestion.
  23. 23Chapter XXIII. Julia Hungerford.
  24. 24Chapter XXIV. Poppleton Gospel.
  25. 25Chapter XXV. Dr. Lynch.
  26. 26Chapter XXVI. The Penitent Demigod.
  27. 27Chapter XXVII. The Verdict.
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII. The Doctor Himself Again.
  29. 29Chapter XXIX. Forgive and Forget.
  30. 30Chapter XXX. The Rustic Bridge.
  31. 31Chapter XXXI. A Homœopathic Dose.
  32. 32Chapter XXXII. Criminal Carelessness.
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII. Dick Birch and Lady.
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV. Thirty Years Old.
  35. 35Chapter XXXV. The Last of the Three Millions.

About this edition

Author
Oliver Optic
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
258 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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