The Moneychangers - Upton Sinclair - Books -  - 9798677077173 - October 1, 2020
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The Moneychangers

Book Excerp: ...marble front was one of the sights of Fifth Avenue. He was a man a trifle under fifty, tall and distinguished-looking, with an iron-grey mustache, and the manners of a diplomat. He was not only a banker, he was also a man of culture; he had run away to sea in his youth, and he had travelled in every country of the world. He was also a bit of an author, in an amateur way, and if there was any book which he had not dipped into, it was not a book of which one would be apt to hear in Society. He could talk upon any subject, and a hostess who could secure Stanley Ryder for one of her dinner-parties generally counted upon a success. "He doesn't go out much, these busy days," said Mrs. Billy. "But I told him about your friend."Now and then the conversation at the table would become general, and Montague noticed that it was always Ryder who led. His flashes of wit shot back and forth across the table; and those who matched themselves against him seldom failed to come off the worse. It was an unscrupulous kind ofClose...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 1, 2020
ISBN13 9798677077173
Pages 172
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 10 mm   ·   258 g
Language English  

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