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    City Chronicles: 'Money can be made in two ways—by doing and by knowing''
    City Chronicles: 'Money can be made in two ways—by doing and by knowing''
    City Chronicles: 'Money can be made in two ways—by doing and by knowing''
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    City Chronicles: 'Money can be made in two ways—by doing and by knowing''

    By Barry Pain

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    Barry Eric Odell Pain was born at 3 Sydney Street in Cambridge on 28th September 1864. He was one of 4 children.

    He was educated at Sedbergh School and then Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

    In 1889, Cornhill Magazine published his short story ‘The Hundred Gates’. This opened the way for Pain to advance his literary career on several fronts. He became a contributor to Punch and The Speaker, as well as joining the staff of both the Daily Chronicle and Black and White.

    Pain was also a noted and prominent contributor to The Granta and from 1896 to 1928 a regular contributor to the Windsor Magazine.

    It is often said that Pain was discovered by Robert Louis Stevenson, who compared his work to that of Guy de Maupassant. It’s an apt comparison. Pain was a master of disturbing prose but was also able to inject parody and light comedy into many of his works. A simple premise could in his hands suddenly expand into a world very real but somehow emotionally fraught and on the very edge of darkness.

    Barry Pain died on 5th May 1928 in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHorse's Mouth
    Release dateJun 15, 2021
    ISBN9781839679377
    City Chronicles: 'Money can be made in two ways—by doing and by knowing''

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