The Spendthrift (novel)

The Spendthrift is an 1857 historical novel by the British author William Harrison Ainsworth. It was published in a single volume by London publisher Routledge. It was initially serialised in Bentley's Miscellany from January 1855. Illustrations were provided by Hablot Knight Browne. It is set in the eighteenth century and follows the misadventures of a young man who inherits a fortune.