Summary: Señor Manuel Moral has everything that a man needs to be happy: good health, a lot of money, few needs, a hardworking wife, a girl of 17, three servants, fields of sheep, and other land; but he is not happy. He wants to be mayor. He visits the duke whose help he seeks in an upcoming election. The duke invites him to stay for lunch and offers him some special cigarettes. The cigarette smoke is sweet and tempting, and after smoking a few, the man has visions and a dalliance on the train home. Upon returning, he offers a cigarette to his daughter's boyfriend and later that evening finds him in her bedroom. Notes: Short novel. Contains bibliography of the author, advertisement for weekly humor publication, Gutiérrez, a list of titles the series with an announcement of the next publication, a coupon towards a discounted purchase of 5 of Alberto Insúa's novels, advertisements for novels by Alberto Insúa and M. Fernández y González.
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Summary: Señor Manuel Moral has everything that a man needs to be happy: good health, a lot of money, few needs, a hardworking wife, a girl of 17, three servants, fields of sheep, and other land; but he is not happy. He wants to be mayor. He visits the duke whose help he seeks in an upcoming election. The duke invites him to stay for lunch and offers him some special cigarettes. The cigarette smoke is sweet and tempting, and after smoking a few, the man has visions and a dalliance on the train home. Upon returning, he offers a cigarette to his daughter's boyfriend and later that evening finds him in her bedroom. Notes: Short novel. Contains bibliography of the author, advertisement for weekly humor publication, Gutiérrez, a list of titles the series with an announcement of the next publication, a coupon towards a discounted purchase of 5 of Alberto Insúa's novels, advertisements for novels by Alberto Insúa and M. Fernández y González.
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