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  1. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson
  2. It is Our Opening Day
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Preface. By One of the Firm
The Early History of Our Mr. Brown, with Some Few Words of Mr. Jones
The Early History of Mr. Robinson
Nine Times Nine is Eighty-one. Showing How Brown, Jones, and Robinson Selected Their House of Business
The Division of Labour
It is Our Opening Day
Miss Brown Pleads Her Own Case, and Mr. Robinson Walks on Blackfriars Bridge
Mr. Brisket Thinks He Sees His Way, and Mr. Robinson again Walks on Blackfriars Bridge
Showing How Mr. Robinson was Employed on the Opening Day
Showing How the Firm Invented a New Shirt
Johnson of Manchester
Samson and Delilah
The Wisdom of Poppins
Mistress Morony
Miss Brown Names the Day
Showing How Robinson Walked Upon Roses
A Tea-party in Bishopsgate Street
An Evening at the "Goose and Gridiron"
George Robinson's Marriage
Showing How Mr. Brisket Didn't See His Way
Mr. Brown is Taken Ill
Wasteful and Impetuous Sale
Farewell
George Robinson's Dream

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It is Our Opening Day

Content Provider Librivox
Author Trollope, Anthony
Abstract Billed as a satire concerning the dishonest advertising and business practices of the day, it tells the tale of an upstart clothing business doomed from the get-go to utter failure. Its senior partner (the elderly Brown, who provides the investment) is far too timid for business. His son-in-law (Jones, who runs the store) is stealing from the till, and the junior partner, Robinson (who writes advertisements for the store) is so obsessed with the idea that advertising alone will drive the business, he uses up every last penny of the capital investment in a series of increasingly ludicrous ad campaigns and publicity stunts.Thrown into this mix are the two daughters of Brown, who are equally cold and calculating. The elder (married to Jones) is constantly trying to wring money out of the old man, and the younger, Maryanne, spends the entire novel playing off of two potential suitors, Robinson, or Brisket the butcher (one of Trollope's wonderful examples of ironic character naming). (above summary by Steve Forsyth, Texas) Nevertheless, Trollope shows considerable sympathy for the risks faced by small businessmen (and also notes the vulnerability of writers to over-ready critics); Robinson is to publish his experiences in the Cornhill Magazine, a prominent journal for over 100 years, in which many Victorians serialized novels (including this one). In the final chapter there is a surprising ennoblement of Robinson, and a very positive ending (final comments by Arnold Banner)
Related Links http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27533 http://archive.org/details/brown_jones_robinson_ab_librivox
File Format MP2 / MPA / MP3
Language English
Part of Series The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson
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Access Restriction Open
Subject Keyword humorous fiction
Alternative Title The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson - It is Our Opening Day
Content Type Audio
Resource Type Audiobook
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