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The Fortune Hunter
A novel based upon the 1909 play by Winchell Smith, which starred John Barrymore.
It follows the fortunes of a young man who sees an end of financial difficulties in marriage with an heiress, and then discovers latent powers and a liking for business which, when developed, enable him to win the right sort of girl.
It follows the fortunes of a young man who sees an end of financial difficulties in marriage with an heiress, and then discovers latent powers and a liking for business which, when developed, enable him to win the right sort of girl.
338 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1910
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Louis Joseph Vance
196 books6 followersLouis Joseph Vance was a novelist educated in the preparatory department of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He wrote short stories and verse after 1901, then composed many popular novels. His character "Michael Lanyard", also known as "The Lone Wolf", was featured in eight books and 24 films between 1914 and 1949, and also appeared in radio and television series.
Vance was separated from his wife (whom he married in 1898 and by whom he had a son the next year) when he was found dead in a burnt armchair inside his New York apartment; a cigarette had ignited some benzene (used for cleaning his clothes or for his broken jaw) that he had on his body and he was intoxicated at the time. He had recently returned from the West Indies, where he gathered material for a new book. The death was ruled accidental.
Vance was separated from his wife (whom he married in 1898 and by whom he had a son the next year) when he was found dead in a burnt armchair inside his New York apartment; a cigarette had ignited some benzene (used for cleaning his clothes or for his broken jaw) that he had on his body and he was intoxicated at the time. He had recently returned from the West Indies, where he gathered material for a new book. The death was ruled accidental.
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December 29, 2020
Not bad!
It was the day to day struggles of people who willing to save their money while trying keep their lives in tract
It was the day to day struggles of people who willing to save their money while trying keep their lives in tract
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March 28, 2022"do you know,nothing in life is harder to bear than not to be understod"
man how want to change in his life go to gamble with his frinde about marry tow girle hnw has be rish to discover in the end that he in love with dowter of his boss and love his work and liveing in the town than city.Big change how take the love his all heart.
man how want to change in his life go to gamble with his frinde about marry tow girle hnw has be rish to discover in the end that he in love with dowter of his boss and love his work and liveing in the town than city.Big change how take the love his all heart.
May 13, 2014
A charming turn-of-the-century novella set against the backdrop of the German immigrant community of New York.
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