Toppleton's Client

by John Kendrick Bangs

Action & Adventure Fiction General Fiction Humorous Fiction

17 chapters5h 3mEnglish1893

About this book

A pre-eminent legal firm gets far more than it bargained for when it hires the son of its late senior partner, Hopkins Toppleton, Sr., simply to retain the illustrious family name on the company masthead. Knowing Jr. is a loose cannon, their strategy is to pack him off to the UK to head up a European branch of the firm - a branch they have no intention of sending work. The unwitting Hopkins Toppleton, Jr. is, however, determined to make his mark. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Chapters (17)

101 - Introducing Mr. Hopkins Toppleton

810

202 - Mr. Hopkins Toppleton Leases an Office

749

303 - Mr. Hopkins Toppleton Encounters a Weary Spirit

952

404 - The Weary Spirit Gives Some Account of Himself

1089

505 - Hopkins Becomes Better Acquainted With the Weary Spirit

1191

606 - The Spirit Unfolds a Horrid Tale

1112

707 - A Chapter of Profit and Loss

1149

808 - Further Developments in the Making of a Name

1245

909 - The Crowning Act of Infamy

1729

1010 - The Spirit's Story is Concluded

1239

1111 - Toppleton Consults the Law and Forms an Opinion

1181

1212 - Toppleton Makes a Fair Start

1123

1313 - At Barncastle Hall

1158

1414 - The Dinner and Its Result

983

1515 - Barncastle Confides in Hopkins

1258

1616 - Mr. Hopkins Toppleton Makes a Discovery

1170

1717 - Epilogue

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