The £1,000,000 bank-note and other new stories /
One million pound bank-note
Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Malcolm Bradbury ; afterword, James D. Wilson.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
- xliv, 260, 9, 26 p ; 23 cm.
- Oxford Mark Twain .
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. 1996. Works. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [15]).
In the title story a bet between two rich eccentrics catapults a down-and-out clerk from San Francisco into wealth, status, and fame in London society. The other pieces range from serious essays reflecting Twain's interest in extrasensory perception, to a tongue-in-cheek "Petition to the Queen of England" for relief from taxes.