| Facing page | |
| The three descended the grand stairway rapidly Frontispiece | |
| A strongly-built, fairish young man of perhaps six and thirty | 4 |
| “My name is Longview” | 16 |
| Barney half a dozen chairs away glowering at Longview | 26 |
| He liked the very first glimpse of her | 46 |
| “As if we were a pair of new chimpanzees in a zoo” | 70 |
| “Just my rotten luck,” he muttered | 90 |
| “Then you’re not a Buddhist or a Spiritualist?” | 130 |
| “Forgive me—it was all my fault—yet not mine—good-bye—” | 164 |
| Cosimo, Prince di Rontivogli | 200 |
| “I can imagine many extenuating circumstances” | 224 |
| “I’ll give the guinea one more chance” | 230 |
| Found Nelly alone in the front parlour | 258 |
| “You may ask, sir, but I’ll not answer” | 284 |
| As soon as her father and mother were out of the way | 296 |
| “I take to it like a duck to water” | 314 |
Golden Fleece: The American Adventures of a Fortune Hunting Earl
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About This Book
A titled young man from a financially strained household travels to the United States seeking a wealthy marriage, setting off family plotting, social maneuvering, and romantic complications. The narrative alternates between English drawing-room intrigue and lively American episodes, using satire and anecdote to examine the commodification of marriage, class anxiety, and the pressures of inheritance. Episodes track the protagonist’s attempts to reconcile personal desire with social expectation, highlighting cultural contrasts and the uneasy negotiations required when money becomes the central currency of relationships.