Brewster's Millions

Written by George Barr McCutcheon

Narrated by LibriVox Community

The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch - he has to spend every penny within 30 days, and end up with nothing at that time. Should he make the deadline, he stands to gain an even larger sum; should he fail, he remains penniless.Brewster finds that spending so much money is more difficult than he first thinks, especially when the lawyers are trying to make him fail so that they can claim the money. What makes it worse is that he starts to be a little too successful with some ventures, actually making money from them.Can Brewster empty his pockets in time for the deadline, or will he end the book as he started it, with nothing?

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

George Barr McCutcheon

George Barr McCutcheon (1866–1928) was an American novelist and playwright. McCutcheon first achieved success with a series of romantic novels set in the fictional country of Graustark and later went on to write the novel Brewster’s Millions, which was adapted into a play and several films. Born and educated in Indiana, McCutcheon is considered to be part of the golden age of Indiana literature.