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Eleanor H. Porter has written a number of well-received novels at the beginning of the 20th century, including Marie-Marie, The Road to Understanding and Just David. Written around 1918, Oh, Money! Money! is a droll and interesting tale that you’ll get hooked on from the very beginning.The novel showcases the brilliant talent for creating ingeniously woven humorous situations that Porter was known for. With rich and complex characters, and well-rounded situations that will just keep you laughing throughout the book, this is definitely one story you won’t want to put down too soon.The tale begins as a millionaire with a knack for brilliant ideas gives some of his money to a couple of relatives that he doesn’t really know anything about. Curious to see how his cousins spend their money, he soon moves in close by, in order to monitor their progress, and see exactly what they do with it. While living incognito does have its challenges, it also serves as a brilliant catalyst for a dynamic, well-designed story that you will hardly be able to keep up with.Many of the points that Porter is trying to make with this book still hold true today. Learning to be a responsible spender is not easy, and we all tend to get caught up in it whenever we gain access to a slightly higher amount of money. However the hilarious way she exemplifies her ideas through, and the complex, extremely real characters are much more entertaining and engaging than probably any other similar novels written on this topic. If you enjoy a good novel written for a few hardy laughs, and most especially if you are already a fan of Eleanor H. Porter’s previous works, you’ll simply love Oh, Money! Money! - a beautiful and intriguing story for the entire family that will take you completely by surprise.

There was a thoughtful frown on the face of the man who was the possessor of twenty million dollars. He was a tall; spare man; with a fringe of reddish-brown hair encircling a bald spot. His blue eyes; fixed just now in a steady gaze upon a row of ponderous law books across the room; were friendly and benevolent in direct contradiction to the bulldog; never-let-go fighting qualities of the square jaw below the firm; rather thin lips.

There was a thoughtful frown on the face of the man who was the possessor of twenty million dollars. He was a tall, spare man, with a fringe of reddish-brown hair encircling a bald spot. His blue eyes, fixed just now in a steady gaze upon a row of ponderous law books across the room, were friendly and benevolent in direct contradiction to the bulldog, never-let-go fighting qualities of the square jaw below the firm, rather thin lips. The lawyer, a youthfully alert man of sixty years, trimly gray as to garb, hair, and mustache, sat idly watching him, yet with eyes that looked so intently that they seemed to listen. For fully five minutes the two men had been pulling at their cigars in silence when the millionaire spoke. "Ned, what am I going to do with my money?" Into the lawyer's listening eyes flashed, for a moment, the keenly scrutinizing glance usually reserved for the witness on the other side. Then quietly came the answer. "Spend it yourself, I hope-for some years to come, Stanley."

Mr. Stanley Fulton is worth millions, but he has no one to leave his money to except some unknown distant cousins. In order to find out how they would handle a fortune, he decides to give each of them $100,000 dollars during his life, and go – incognito - to live in their midst! Who will prove worthy to inherit his millions and will his deception be discovered?

Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868-1920) was an American novelist. Born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892 she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature, for example three Miss Billy books, Cross Currents (1928), The Turn of the Tide (1928) and Six Star Ranch (1916). Her most famous novel is Pollyanna (1913), later followed by a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Her adult novels include The Story of Marco (1920), Just David (1915), The Road to Understanding (1916), Oh, Money! Money! (1917), Dawn (1918), Keith's Dark Tower (1919), Mary Marie (1920), Sister Sue (1921), short stories include Money, Love and Kate (1924) and Little Pardner (1927).