Maureen Howard
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Language
English
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Description
Dutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young man from New York high society, is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a suitable match from a good family, when May's cousin, the beautiful and exotic Countess Ellen Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of perceived scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence. Her worldliness, disregard for society's...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 121
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1980
Language
English
Description
Mary Agnes Keely leaves her widowed mother at thiry-five in order to find personal fulfillment among the artists and poets of Manhattan.
Mary Agnes Keely is finally leaving home, ditching her Irish Catholic upbringing, her widowed mother, and the emptiness of small-town life for the chaos of Manhattan. Her journey will alter many lives: Lydia, whose crazed husband is confined at Shay Acres; Stanley, the dreaming commercial artist who brings his eager...