Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers
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Penguin Classics is proud to welcome William Trevor—"Ireland’s answer to Chekhov" (The Boston Globe) and "one of the best writers of our era" (The Washington Post)—to our distinguished list of literary masters. In this award-winning novel, an informer’s body is found on the estate of a wealthy Irish family shortly after the First World War, and an appalling cycle of revenge is set in motion. Led by a zealous sergeant, the Black and Tans set fire to the family home, and only young Willie and his mother escape alive. Fatherless, Willie grows into manhood while his alcoholic mother’s bitter resen...
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- FOOLS OF FORTUNE
- PREFACE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- INDEX.
- INTRODUCTION: Hon. Chas. P. Johnson
- INTRODUCTION: Rev. John Snyder
- PART I.
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN PHILIP QUINN.
- THE THREE STAGES OF A GAMBLER’S LIFE.
- CHAPTER I.: PRELIMINARY REMARKS—FOOD FOR REFLECTION.
- CHAPTER II.: HEBREWS, PERSIANS, CHINESE AND JAPANESE.
- CHAPTER III.: ANCIENT AND MODERN GREEKS AND ROMANS, TURKEY IN EUROPE, AND ASIA MINOR.
- CHAPTER IV. : GERMANY, RUSSIA, ROUMANIA, BULGARIA AND SERVIA.
- CHAPTER V.: ITALY, MONTE CARLO, FRANCE, SPAIN, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
- CHAPTER VI.: ENGLAND.
- PART II.
- CHAPTER I.: GAMBLING IN THE NEW WORLD.
- CHAPTER II.: FARO GAMBLING AND GAMBLERS.
- CHAPTER III.: POKER AND POKER PLAYERS.
- CHAPTER IV.: SHORT GAMES.
- CHAPTER V.: VARIOUS CARD GAMES.
- CHAPTER VI.: DICE AND THE DICE BOX.
- CHAPTER VII.: GAMES AT FAIRS AND CIRCUSES.
- CHAPTER VIII.: “GOLD BRICKS.”
- CHAPTER IX.: CONFIDENCE GAMES.
- CHAPTER X.: GAMBLING STORIES AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.
- CHAPTER XI.: MY WIFE.
- CHAPTER XII.: LOCAL GAMBLING.
- PART III.
- CHAPTER I: THE TURF
- CHAPTER II.: THE EXCHANGE
- CHAPTER III.: NATURE AND EFFECTS OF GAMING.
- CHAPTER IV.: ARRAIGNMENT OF GAMBLING IN ITS MORAL ASPECTS.
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