One Third Off by Irvin S. Cobb

The story revolves around a man who becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures after he wins a large sum of money in a lottery. His life quickly spirals out of control as he struggles to cope with the sudden influx of wealth and the various people who seek to take advantage of him.

By Irvin S. Cobb · First published 1923 · Genre: Humor, Memoir, Non-fiction · 11 chapters

Contents

• Extra! Extra! all about the Great Reduction!
• Those Romping Elfin Twenties
• Regarding Liver-Eating Watkins and Others
• I Become the Panting Champion
• On Acquiring some Snappy Pores
• More Anon
• Office Visits, $10
• The Friendly Sons of the Boiled Spinach
• Adventure of the Fallen Egg
• Wherein our Hero Falters
• Three Cheers for Lithesome Grace Regained!

More by Irvin S. Cobb

• Eating in Two or Three Languages (1918)
• The Lost Tribes of the Irish in the South (1917)
• Cobb's Anatomy (1919)
• Speaking of Operations (1923)
• A Plea for Old Cap Collier (1915)
• Europe Revised (1947)
• Paths of Glory (1935)
• A Pilgrim Canonized (1921)
• All works by Irvin S. Cobb