sentences:  It was first published in British "Harper's Bazaar" Magazine in April 1938 and subsequently published posthumously in 1944 in the collection "A Haunted House and Other Short Stories".Themes of the story 
  
  The following are major themes of the story,
  
  Theme of materialism 
  
  Theme of inferiority 
  
  Theme of psychological fixation 
  
  Oliver Bacon is this story's protagonist.Once a poor boy in the streets of London, he has become the richest jeweller in England.