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1) The Old Maid
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Delia rejected passion in favor of a secure marriage but Cousin Charlotte followed her own heart, even though it meant remaining unwed and giving up her baby. Charlotte's sacrifice has allowed the child, Tina, an advantageous position in New York City's fashionable society as Delia's adopted daughter. Now Tina's a graceful young woman and ready to marry - and the anguish that Charlotte has long suppressed is ready to explode.
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"The Old Maid is an examination of class and society in 1850's New York City. The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her-- the beautiful, upstanding Delia--and her true mother, her plain, unmarried 'aunt' Charlotte, who gave Tina up to provide her with a socially acceptable life. The three women live quietly together until Tina's wedding day, when Delia's and Charlotte's hidden jealousies rush to the...
3) False Dawn
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Twenty-one-year-old Lewis Raycie about to embark on a Grand Tour, is advised by his father to seek out works of art for a gallery with their family name. However, when Lewis returns, the paintings he has selected are not what his father expected.
Art Fiction is a literary genre in which art is not solely an object, but is a reflection of what is human in all of us. Other examples are:
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Glimpses of Gauguin...
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Old New York ; 3
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D. Appleton and Co
Pub. Date
1924.
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English
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A novel about New York society in the 1860's. It focuses on Hayley Delane, who was a schoolboy when the Civil War started. He ran off to join the war and later married Leila Gracy, daughter of old Bill Gracy, a drinker and gambler of ill repute. The narrator observes that Hayley Delane seems to belong to a different age, trying to guess whether he would fit in better as a Roman or a Greek or some other ancient European. Leila alternates between being...
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Old New York ; 1
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D. Appleton and Co
Pub. Date
1924.
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English
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A young man's tour of Europe and the resulting conflict with New York society of 1840.
In the 1840s, Lewis Raycie's domineering father sends him to Europe to buy art. When he selects Italian primitives, not yet recognized as masterpieces, his appalled father disinherits him, only to discover, too late, the wisdom of his son's intuition.
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