This novel is about a greedy London merchant who thinks that he is above all and tries to get his children to follow in his footsteps. He favors his son as he has what it takes to be his successor. His vanity finally gets the best of him in a plot that leaves him without his fortune or family and is left to live in solitude and poverty.
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