Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions
First edition cover
AuthorGeorge Barr McCutcheon
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy novel
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
Publication date
1902
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
OCLC288834
TextBrewster's Millions at Wikisource

Brewster's Millions is a comedic novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves.

The plot concerns a young man whose grandfather leaves him $1 million in a will, but a competing will from another relative requires he must spend the $1 million in the first year or forfeit a $7 million inheritance from the other relative.[1]

It was adapted into a play in 1906, which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway,[2] and the novel or play has been adapted into films thirteen times.

  1. ^ Adjusting for inflation, this is roughly the equivalent of spending $35,220,000 in one year.
  2. ^ "IBDB.com: Brewster's Millions".