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An Ambitious Man single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1898... 1898 An Ambitious Man
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French tale of a financier's ambition to have the king come and visit him. The cost of preparations first of an orchard then a hunting pack and finally a wife keep him busy - and the king never comes. (PB)

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