Herbert Quick
Aladdin and Co
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- Title in French
- Aladin & Cie.
- First published
- 1904
- Languages
- French and English
- Pages
- about 519
- Edition
- unabridged
Book summary
An American novel published in 1904 and narrated by Albert Barslow. A young politician whose career has just come to an end, Albert moves with his wife Alice to join his childhood friend Jim Elkins in Lattimore, a quiet little town in the American West. Jim's plan is to make everyone believe the town is about to become a big city, because as long as people believe it, the price of land keeps rising. The two partners buy land, lay out a new district and bring in the railway. A lively, good-humoured satire of speculation fever, where easy money looks like the magic of Aladdin's lamp.
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