Admitting with a wink that his book will supply a want long felt by its author, Somerville collects stories of people without money and the ingenuity it breeds. Hard-up actors scraping together a performance, debtors dodging creditors, borrowers, spongers and the shabby-genteel of Victorian Britain pass through chapters of anecdote and social observation.
A wry Victorian miscellany for readers who enjoy Dickensian characters drawn from life. Download the free EPUB.