Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel by Thomas William Lawson
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"Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel" by Thomas William Lawson is a financial thriller written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Jim Randolph, a partner at a prestigious Wall Street banking firm, and his college friend Bob Brownley, who is a passionate and impulsive stock trader. As the tale unfolds against the backdrop of a stock market panic on Friday the 13th, the narrative delves into themes of friendship, ambition,
and the darker side of financial speculation, particularly highlighting Bob's reckless nature and its implications for both his career and personal relationships. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Jim, who receives a frantic phone call from his partner Fred Brownley about Bob's erratic behavior on the trading floor. The tension builds as Bob's aggressive trading on that fateful day threatens to trigger a financial disaster. As Jim reflects on their past and the dynamics of their friendship, he becomes increasingly concerned about Bob's mindset, which is rife with gambling impulses that have put them both at risk. The stakes escalate when a mysterious young woman named Beulah Sands enters the picture, presenting both a personal and financial dilemma for Bob, as he becomes emotionally entangled with her while grappling with the consequences of his actions in the volatile world of stock trading. The opening sets the stage for a complex interplay of personal and financial crises that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lawson, Thomas William, 1857-1925 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Ivanowski, Sigismond de, 1875-1944 |
| LoC No. | 07008213 |
| Title | Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel |
| Original Publication |
Copyright, 1906, 1907. Copyright, 1907. Published, February, 1907 |
| Credits | Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Financial crises -- Fiction |
| Subject | Stock exchanges -- United States -- Fiction |
| Subject | National banks (United States) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Banks and banking, International -- Fiction |
| Subject | Banks and banking, American -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 12345 |
| Release Date | Aug 31, 2005 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 14143 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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