Humphrey Quarles’s improbable ascent and fall in satire
A tall tale traces Humphrey Quarles from near-poverty and a city job in Chapel Court to sudden wealth as a satirical writer. His rise through a joke sparked a frenzy, stock gains, and a 1 quadrillion fortune, then rapid decline after theater ventures and reckless stock bets. Nurse Jones then becomes sole theater manager and Quarles ends with a pension, wealth erased and tears of joy on payoff day.
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