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1. A struggling author in Paris spends his whole monthly allowance taking a greedy woman for a meal at an expensive restaurant.
2. A man loses his job when it is discovered that he cannot read or write. He goes on to own a chain of successful shops.
3. A missionary tries to convert a prostitute on a Pacific island, but ultimately succumbs to temptation, and commits suicide.
4. A wealthy young man shoots himself when he realises he lacks the talent to fulfil his ambition to become a concert pianist.
5. A young tennis player wins money at the casino at Monte Carlo and then accidentally acquires even more when he spends the night with a scheming woman who intends to rob him.
6. A London governess receives a reward when she returns an item of jewellery to its rightful owner.
7. A man decides to give his efficient housekeeper a treat by taking her to the cinema, but ends up spending the night with her.
8. A country gentleman is appalled to discover his plain middle-aged wife has had a young lover when the story of her affair appears in a book of poetry she has written.
9. A wartime railway journey across Russia culminates in the death of an American businessman on the streets of Petrograd.
10. The author finds a book called "The Complete Poker Player" in a bookshop in Seoul and is enthralled by it.
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