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Fiction · First published 1924; original Project Gutenberg EPUB · English

The Playboy

by Helen R. Hull

About this book

Gregory enjoys the attention and comforts that his family provides while treating work, money and responsibility as things that can be postponed. His easy charm begins to fail when the people around him expect more than another appealing excuse.

This complete adult short story follows the collision between his carefree habits and the practical demands of employment and family life. Originally published in Cosmopolitan in April 1924, it preserves the illustrations by Charles David Williams and the movement from indulgence toward a more demanding understanding of independence.