The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

A Dinner in the Polite World or Why Was I Invited to the Swifts? [for the New York Saturday Press]

Envelope. "A Dinner in the Polite World or Why Was I Invited to the Swifts? [for the New York Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press. (1860-3-31).
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Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

A reclusive narrator goes out to to a small party. He is well received and makes many friends, including one who leaves his fortune to him in the will.