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Mr. Prohack
This is a humorous story of a civil servant struggling with financial pressures post-World War I when he unexpectedly inherits £100 000 from someone to whom he did a good turn.
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About Mr. Prohack
This is a humorous story of a civil servant struggling with financial pressures post-World War I when he unexpectedly inherits £100 000 from someone to whom he did a good turn. This fortune affects him and his family (wife Eve, son Charlie, daughter Sissie) in different ways. He tries various tactics to handle the novelty: spending, scrupulously planned idleness, even visits to Turkish Baths. His son tries speculation, his daughter a dance school, his wife becoming a society hostess. The story reveals how Mr Prohack grapples with the reality of the power of riches without losing his integrity and sense of self.
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