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The Doings of Raffles Haw
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors spread like wildfire about him. The advent of Mr. Haw, however, changes the town, and particularly the lives of the McIntyre family, in ways no one could ever have guessed.
The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors spread like wildfire about him. The advent of Mr. Haw, however, changes the town, and particularly the lives of the McIntyre family, in ways no one could ever have guessed.
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"Indeed, it is wonderful—marvellous! You must yourself have an extraordinary eye for effect."
"Oh, I have no taste at all; not the slightest. I cannot tell good from bad. There never was such a complete Philistine. But I had the best man in London down, and another fellow from Vienna. They fixed it up between them."
They had been standing just within the folding doors upon a huge mat of bison skins. In front of them lay a great square court, paved with many-coloured marbles laid out in a labyrinth of arabesque design. In the centre a high fountain of carved jade shot five thin feathers of spray into the air, four of which curved towards each corner of the court to descend into broad marble basins, while the fifth mounted straight up to an immense height, and then tinkled back into the central reservoir. On either side of the court a tall, gracef. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
I don't know what I expected but not this.
A nice short book about the problems that infinite wealth can cause. You know how it is going to end, but it's still interesting to see how the characters get there. I was positively surprised.
From a Finnish point of view it is fascinating to find out that one of the canal plans of Raffles Haw was f
Wealth, Progressivism, and other “Do-gooderism”.
Wealth, Progressivism, and other “Do-gooderism”.
Every Progressive and Giver-away of un-earned money, should read this masterpiece by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. And take to ‘heart’ its dire Warning of the human heart. The unintended consequences of Feel-
A cautionary tale of what can happen when too much wealth is available easily. Rather sad, actually. I skimmed through the last half so as not to prolong the agony.
Raffles Haw, a man who wanted only to do good in the world. He was brilliant enough to learn a way to make a great deal of money, and wanted nothing more than to use that money to better things for those less fortunate.
So kind, so generous. So naive.
It seems that there are people who, instead of u