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    Cover of Brewster's millions

    Brewster's millions

    George Barr McCutcheon · 1902

    Fiction & Literature
    Open LibraryAmazon
    Stats for nerds
    1recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2025–2026years
    50% recommend50% neutral

    Mentions per year

    20252026

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    1. stockresearcherSep 2026
      > pondering how absurd amount of money…

      You may enjoy reading Brewster’s Millions, or watching one of the many movie adaptations made over the years.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster's_Millions

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    2. card_zeroMay 2025
      I might spend millions easily enough, but I might struggle to spend millions more on top of that. Bill Gates has a hundred thousand millions. Personally I probably wouldn't spend it because figuring out how to spend it sounds like hard work. I think this idea was first explored in trashy 1902 comedy novel Brewster's Millions, but is somewhat true.
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