In the Crown of the Circus King

Phillip Carlyle was a disappointment to his parents. Phillip Carlyle was, as the locals so lovingly put it, "The Scandal." And the same Phillip Carlyle half-drunkenly laughed into the face of the alluring man, who proposed him an idea of joining the circus. As if he, Phillip Carlyle, has not had enough of ridiculous offers that brought him to this state in life. Except what he didn't know is that the smug man he was talking to is P.T. Barnum - the definition of ridiculousness, or as the corresponding locals titled him "The Circus King."

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A story of how Phillip Carlyle falls deep into the circus crown of the infatuating ringmaster P.T. Barnum, who in return helps Phillip get back that very much desired spark of light into his daunting life.