The Mercy of Allah

The Internet Archive has a very nice copy of Hilaire Belloc's The Mercy of Allah online (HT: In illo tempore). The Mercy of Allah, a delightful story about a swindling rascal, is a biting satire of capitalism and what might be called 'capitalist piety', i.e., the sort of capitalism that is constantly appealing to its public-spiritedness and generosity.