# Brewster’s Millions — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Brewster’s Millions by George Barr McCutcheon.

- [A Birthday Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/i-a-birthday-dinner.md): Monty Brewster celebrates his 25th birthday with the 'Little Sons of the Rich' at Pettingill's studio. The festivities are interrupted repeatedly by Ellis, his grandfather's servant, who first delivers a birthday check, 
- [II: Shades of Aladdin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/ii-shades-of-aladdin.md): Montgomery Brewster inherits one million dollars unconditionally from his grandfather, Edwin Peter Brewster, and begins to navigate the sudden wealth, the public attention, and the advice of friends and acquaintances, in
- [III: Mrs. and Miss Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/iii-mrs-and-miss-gray.md): Montgomery Brewster visits the Gray home, where he grew up alongside Margaret Gray. He attempts to share his newfound wealth with Mrs. Gray and Margaret, but they refuse out of pride. During the visit, Brewster receives 
- [IV: A Second](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/iv-a-second.md): Montgomery Brewster learns from Mr. Grant that he is the sole heir to his Uncle James T. Sedgwick's estate, valued at nearly seven million dollars, but with a proviso: he must be absolutely penniless on his 26th birthday
- [V: The Message from Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/v-the-message-from-jones.md): Montgomery Brewster grapples with the daunting challenge of spending one million dollars in a year to inherit seven million more. After receiving a telegram from executor Swearengen Jones outlining strict rules—no reckle

> 29 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=brewster_s_millions_se_619kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Monty Cristo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/vi-monty-cristo.md)
- [A Lesson in Tact](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/vii-a-lesson-in-tact.md)
- [VIII: The Forelock of Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/viii-the-forelock-of-time.md)
- [IX: Love and a Prizefight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/ix-love-and-a-prizefight.md)
- [X: Napoleon of Finance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/x-napoleon-of-finance.md)
- [XI: Coals of Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xi-coals-of-fire.md)
- [Christmas Despair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xii-christmas-despair.md)
- [A Friend in Need](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xiii-a-friend-in-need.md)
- [XIV: Mrs. DeMille Entertains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xiv-mrs-demille-entertains.md)
- [XV: The Cut Direct](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xv-the-cut-direct.md)
- [XVI: In the Sunny South](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-sunny-south.md)
- [XVII: The New Tenderfoot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xvii-the-new-tenderfoot.md)
- [XVIII: The Prodigal at Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xviii-the-prodigal-at-sea.md)
- [XIX: One Hero and Another](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xix-one-hero-and-another.md)
- [Le Roi s’amuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xx-le-roi-s-amuse.md)
- [Fairyland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxi-fairyland.md)
- [Prince and Peasants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxii-prince-and-peasants.md)
- [An Offer of Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxiii-an-offer-of-marriage.md)
- [The Sheik's Strategy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxiv-the-sheik-s-strategy.md)
- [The Rescue of Peggy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxv-the-rescue-of-peggy.md)
- [XXVI: Mutiny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxvi-mutiny.md)
- [XXVII: A Fair Traitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxvii-a-fair-traitor.md)
- [XXVIII: A Catastrophe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxviii-a-catastrophe.md)
- [The Prodigal's Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxix-the-prodigal-s-return.md)
- [XXX: The Promise of Thrift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxx-the-promise-of-thrift.md)
- [XXXI: How the Million Disappeared](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxxi-how-the-million-disappeared.md)
- [The Night Before](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxxii-the-night-before.md)
- [The Flight of Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxxiii-the-flight-of-jones.md)
- [The Last Word](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-last-word.md)

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