George Fitz-Boodle, third-best whist player in Europe, finds his income ruined by a French rival at the Omnium Club and turns to writing for Fraser’s Magazine. His confessions recall the German beauties Dorothea and Ottilia who once stole his heart, and the various professions he took up and abandoned.
Early Thackeray in fine satirical form, before Vanity Fair. Download the free EPUB.