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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aTrain, Arthur Cheney,
_d1875-1945
245 1 0 _aMcAllister and His Double
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2010-12-08
505 0 _aMcAllister's Christmas -- The Baron de Ville -- The escape of Wilkins -- The governor-general's trunk -- The golden touch -- McAllister's data of ethics -- McAllister's marriage -- The jailbird -- In the course of justice -- The Maximilian diamond -- Extradition.
508 _aProduced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"McAllister and His Double" by Arthur Cheney Train is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the main character, McAllister, a clubman who faces an unexpected and tumultuous Christmas when he becomes mistaken for a criminal named Fatty Welch. The narrative explores themes of identity, social class, and fate in a comically embroiled twist of events. The opening of the book introduces McAllister as a somewhat disgruntled clubman who is stuck at his club during the Christmas season, longing for company and feeling irritated by the festive atmosphere surrounding him. His evening takes a dramatic turn when he finds himself in a runaway cab with a dangerous criminal and is soon arrested, believing he is merely a victim of circumstance. McAllister grapples with being mistakenly identified as a notorious thief, leading to a series of unfortunate yet humorous encounters with the police and his former valet, Wilkins. This sets the stage for an engaging exploration of mistaken identity and the chaos that ensues as McAllister seeks to clear his name, discovering both the absurdity of his situation and the inherent struggles of those living on the fringes of society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSingle men -- Fiction
653 _aValets -- Fiction
653 _aMystery and detective stories
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34597
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