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The Awkward Age

by James, Henry

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New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, brown cloth, gilt titles, inked name on front free endpaper, cocked, light edgewear, one lower corner bumped.

This story of a girl coming of age is the vehicle for James to comment on the decadence of the fin-de-siecle era in England: told largely in dialogue. [BAL 10636 - state uncertain, pages appear to bulk at 1 7/16 in. = closer to state A of 1 5/8 in.].

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
Thomas J. Joyce And Company US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
0005401
Title
The Awkward Age
Author
James, Henry
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication
New York & London
Date Published
1899
Keywords
fin de siecle, henry james,
Bookseller catalogs
FICTION / General;

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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company

Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.

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Cocked
Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Gilt
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Cloth
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12mo
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