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When a master leaves his London townhouse, his servants transform it into a bustling center for elaborate cons and pseudo-scientific scams. Gullible victims line up to trade their fortunes for the promise of the philosopher's stone, leading to a frantic juggling act of lies. The sheer audacity of the fraudsters is matched only by the hilarious greed of their desperate clients. This fast-paced comedic triumph brilliantly exposes the universal human vulnerability to get-rich-quick schemes.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length4 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PROLOGUE.
5ACT 4. SCENE 4.1.
2ACT 1. SCENE 1.1.
6ACT 5. SCENE 5.1.
3ACT 2. SCENE 2.1.
7PARTED, endowed, talented.: PARTICULAR, individual person.
4ACT 3. SCENE 3.1.
8IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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