《百万英镑》由美国杰出作家、幽默大师马克·吐温所著。他一生根据自己的见闻写了大量的幽默短篇小说,以十九世纪六七十年代的产量最多,而《百万英镑》便是其中最负盛名的。《百万英镑》讲述的是一名美籍办事员出海游玩放松,却在海上迷失了方向,后被一艘恰巧路过的双桅帆船救起后的奇特经历。故事的主人公亨利随船来到了英国伦敦,而他接下来面对的便是身无分文的窘境。就在他饥肠辘辘之际,命运和他开起了玩笑,他得到了一张百万英镑的巨额钞 “Millions of pounds” by the United States outstanding writer, humorous master Mark Twain. His life based on his own knowledge wrote a lot of humorous short stories, to the sixties and seventies of the nineteenth century, the largest production, and “million pounds” is one of the most prestigious. “One Million Pound” tells the story of an American clerk going to sea to relax, lost its way at sea, and was later freaked up by a barque sailor who happened to be passing by. Henry, the hero of the story, came to London, England, with the penniless he faced next. Just as he was hungry, fate joke with him and he got a million-dollar bill