Mr. Horatio Sparkins
Samuel Smith, a young linen-draper's clerk, "blues" himself and has a rare good time, posing as a society man named Horatio Sparkins. He spends all his money on fine clothes and his evenings... Read allSamuel Smith, a young linen-draper's clerk, "blues" himself and has a rare good time, posing as a society man named Horatio Sparkins. He spends all his money on fine clothes and his evenings in going to assemblies and balls, where he pretends to be a poet and a man of considerabl... Read allSamuel Smith, a young linen-draper's clerk, "blues" himself and has a rare good time, posing as a society man named Horatio Sparkins. He spends all his money on fine clothes and his evenings in going to assemblies and balls, where he pretends to be a poet and a man of considerable means. At one of the balls he meets the Maldertons, a family of parvenus who at once see... Read all