The Awkward Age
by Henry James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0370006178
- ISBN 13
- 9780370006178
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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Synopsis
Making her debut in London society, Nanda Brookenham is being groomed for the marriage market. Thrust suddenly into the superficial and immoral circle that surrounds her mother, the innocent but independent-minded young woman even finds herself in competition with Mrs Brookenham for the affection of the man she admires. Only an elderly bachelor, Mr Longdon, is immune to this world of greed and scheming, and determines to rescue Nanda from its corrupting influences out of loyalty to the deep love he once felt for her grandmother. In The Awkward Age (1899), Henry James explores the English character, and the clash between old and new money with a light and subtly ironic touch to create a devastating critique of society and its machinations.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19123
- Title
- The Awkward Age
- Author
- Henry James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine Plus
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0370006178
- ISBN 13
- 9780370006178
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Henry James.; The Bodley Head Henry James.
- Bookseller catalogs
- fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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