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A man made of money

Chapter 27: Transcriber’s Notes
By Douglas William Jerrold
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The story follows a middle‑class husband whose desire for social standing collides with chronic indebtedness and domestic demands. Humorous domestic scenes portray his petty vanities, awkward attempts to preserve appearances through dress and dining, and the strain those efforts place on family life. A dreamlike conceit literalizes his anxieties about money, producing satirical encounters that reveal how wealth and credit shape personal identity and social relations. The narrative alternates comic realism with allegorical invention to examine materialism, pride, and the fragile pretenses of respectability.

Transcriber’s Notes

  • pg 45 Changed: you havn’t the means
    to: you haven’t the means
  • pg 98 Changed: paid the money for his saet
    to: paid the money for his seat
  • pg 114 Changed: and his wife sittin at the fireside
    to: and his wife sitting at the fireside
  • pg 122 Changed: put a horse-collar round about the the
    to: put a horse-collar round about the
  • pg 127 Changed: I could’nt go into the City
    to: I couldn’t go into the City
  • pg 132 Changed: But natur that makes us love
    to: But nature that makes us love
  • pg 136 Changed: committed in wine must be betwen
    to: committed in wine must be between
  • pg 140 Changed: has thrown an undying ustre
    to: has thrown an undying lustre
  • pg 147 Changed: with a smile and a waive
    to: with a smile and a wave
  • pg 267 Changed: Wont they be surprised
    to: Won’t they be surprised