P: Loser Takes All (1955)

 16 chapters in three parts

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Bertram, unambitious assistant accountant
Cary, his fiancee
Dreuther, director of his company

Seagull, his yacht
Bowles, another director of the company

Part One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Part Two
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Part Three
Chapter 1
Chapter 2