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Brewster's Millions Kindle Edition

by George Barr McCutcheon (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This classic tragicomic tale from George Barr McCutcheon transforms everyone’s favorite caviar-and-champagne dream into a soul-shaking test of mistrust and reckless spending

Popular, good-looking, and enterprising, Montgomery Brewster is the toast of New York. While celebrating his twenty-fifth birthday among friends, Monty receives word that his grandfather has died. Before long, New York is abuzz with the news. When Monty inherits $1 million from his affluent grandfather, out comes a parade of would-be advisers and so-called inventors who promise the world to the skeptical millionaire.
 
Just as Monty begins to adjust to his new situation, yet another portentous note comes out of the blue: an equally wealthy, exceedingly eccentric uncle, James T. Sedgwick, has left Monty an additional $7 million. But there’s a catch: In order to exact revenge on Monty’s grandfather from the grave, Sedgwick’s will decrees that, in order to inherit the money, his nephew must fritter away every cent his grandfather toiled to save—and he can tell no one.
 
George Barr McCutheon’s brilliant story of fortunes squandered and gained, love lost and found, and one wild spending spree will delight contemporary readers.
 
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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866 - October 23, 1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00T5H5EO6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media (February 24, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 24, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2429 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 170 pages
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grammyk
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun, quick read
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2015
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I thoroughly enjoyed this light-hearted, yet suspenseful story of a millionaire who has a quest to loose every cent he owns by his next birthday in order to gain millions and millions more. He has a devil of a time trying to spend lavishly on all of his friends, risking big bets in hopes of loosing his money, only to gain more! On top of that, his friends try to help him keep his money and not throw it all away. He has several guidelines that he has to follow and he can tell no one of this quest. At first his friends enjoy all this lavishness, until the discover that he is practically throwing all of his money away. Apparently, these upper-crust folks look at a man and his worth only by how much money he has. The more he has, the more popular he becomes. Money is the end-all to everything. I have read a few other books about this type of society (Jane Austin's novels, for example) and the folks all have this same type of mentality. Even though this story was written over 100 years ago, it's still a great read today.
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S. S. Johnson
4.0 out of 5 stars A really good story
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2023
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I read this because I saw the movie years ago and wanted to see what the original story was like. The movie was remarkably similar. This is a good read and I definitely recommend it. Now I’d like to see the movie again.
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DonM
5.0 out of 5 stars Read the novel before you see the movie versions
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2015
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This is an old classic that I read many years ago. There have been at least two different versions of this story done as Hollywood movies. I have not viewed any of the movies but after reviewing the story line on them, I believe they did not do justice to the novel since they changed the protagonist’s role in the movie. The novel was excellent in my opinion although it might confuse the younger reader when the much smaller sums of money are spent on luxury items. Below is a conversion that might help understand this. This conversion was done with the aid of a Goggle search.

$1,000,000 of 1902 dollars would be worth: $27,777,777.78 in 2014

$1,000,000 of 2014 dollars would be worth $36,000.00 in 1902

This book is easy to read and the frustration Brewer had in trying to spend one million dollars within a one year period in 1902 is rather humorous when he finds his deliberate bad investments make him money. I wish I had that problem!
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Wheels at Large
3.0 out of 5 stars Skip the book and watch the 1985 movie instead. You'll be happier for it.
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2018
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I watched the 1985 movie with Richard Pryor so I thought reading the book would be a treat. But it turns out it was not. The general idea of spending 1 million dollars to get 7 million in a year's time is good but the way it's spent makes for a boring book. Time has been hard on this book, I can see how 100 years ago it might have been a fun book to read but it's a boring book in 2018. It turns out that even as a free book it's too expensive. You can't get your time back.

I hope someone has the imagination to re-write it in the future but for now, you're better off by just watching the 1985 movie.
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C. D. Bourdet
5.0 out of 5 stars Book better than Movie
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
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The movie was fun but the book was quite a romp! Wild experience all around! I couldn’t imagine Brewster could be successful but he was and there was a wonderful ending. Nice, clean, well written storyline with abundance of interesting characters. Looking forward to rereading it in the future!
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T. Cannon
4.0 out of 5 stars I thought I wanted the movie but it turns out I wanted the book.
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2013
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I purchased this book for Free from Amazon.com. It is one of the thousands of Public Domain books they offer in Kindle format.

I remember seeing the Movie Brewster's Million's starring Richard Pryor in the late 1980s. Lately I have been wanting to see it again and the search for the movie led to me discovering that it was based upon this book. It also led me to discover that there have been several movies based upon this book. The first one released in 1914.

As with most Book v. Movie comparisons, the book is much better than the movie. It is also very different. As I remember in the movie Mr. Brewster inherits $30 Million from an unknown Grandfather and must spend it in a month with nothing to show for it so that he can then inherit $300 million from the same Grandfather. In the book Monty Brewster inherits $1 million from his paternal Grandfather that he knows very well since his Grandfather raised him after his parents died when he was a young boy. This inheritance happens to fall upon his birthday. A few days later, however, he learns that a barely remembered Uncle on his mother's side has left him $7 million with the provision in the Will that he must be penniless upon his next birthday. It seems that the paternal grandfather looked down on Monty's mother's family and the Uncle does not want any of his money mingled with the Brewster money. Monty, however, may not tell anyone about the will and its stipulations nor may he just give the money away with the exception of sparing gifts to charity. In addition, he must get his money's worth from all of his spending so that he can prove that he is able to handle large sums of money. Satisfying the provisions of the will is found to be more difficult than you might think. Especially since the book was written in 1902 when $1 million was a much larger fortune than it is today.

The writing style in the book reminded me of some of Mark Twain's short stories and I was interested to find out that the author listed Mark Twain as one of his influences. The book was funny in places and touching in places and Monty finds out who his real friends are. All in all a really good read
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anonymous reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Past history
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2023
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Book was as good as when I read it 50plus years ago. Hopefully, a new generation can find and enjoy It.
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CheetahLee
5.0 out of 5 stars Would make a terrific movie
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2014
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The plot is plausible, the characters are appealing, the settings exquisite. It would cost a bundle to make. But there's romance, friendship, adventure, and I so much appreciate that the characters aren't jumping in bed with each other.
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Eduardo
3.0 out of 5 stars Bueno
Reviewed in Spain on March 6, 2024
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Buen libro, muy divertido. Lastima de la contraportada, toda blanca. El encueadernado no es de buena calidad.
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Subhajeet. C
3.0 out of 5 stars A good read!
Reviewed in India on January 2, 2022
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Overall a good read, perhaps fifty pages too long!
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JMP
5.0 out of 5 stars How would you spend the money?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2016
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So I must admit that I had heard of and watched the film of the same name starring Richard Prior and had no idea that it was based on a book.

I really enjoyed this book. Brewster inherits 1 million dollars from his grandfather and thinks that he is set for life. However, shortly afterwards his long lost uncle dies and leaves him 7 million dollars on the condition that within a year he has none of his grandfathers money remaining. So Brewster is then faced with the choice – risk 1 million to get 7 million or just stick with his 1 million. He decides to take the risk.

The book then follows him trying to spend a million in a year without gaining any assets or having anything to show for it at the end of the year. It’s worth noting that this book was written in the first part of the 20th century when 1 million went a very long way!

I especially liked the way that his friends showed their concern for him as they were not aware that he was trying to spend the million and thought he had gone a bit crazy. Whilst I am sure we all think it would be easy to spend that money it does prove harder than Brewster imagined and takes a physical and mental toll on him. Along the way he really does discover the value of money and also who his real friends are and what is truly important.
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TATO
1.0 out of 5 stars Pésima calidad de impresión
Reviewed in Spain on March 3, 2024
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Libro en ingles con letra de mala calidad y pequeña. Páginas sin numerar
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Geraldine
2.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointment
Reviewed in Canada on June 3, 2018
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For me, when I read a novel AND see the movie version too, the book USUALLY wins, hands down. Not the case this time.

The movie, Brewster's Millions, with Richard Pryor and John Candy is fast paced and entertaining from start to finish. Also LOL funny!😂

I found this written (earlier) version of the story rather slow paced and boring in comparison. A surprise and a disappointment.
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