George Lippard’s The Quaker City; Or, The Monks of Monk Hall functioned as an exposé of crime, social class disparity, and criminal injustice in the city of Philadelphia. After being published in , The Quaker City sold about 60, copies and became the best-selling novel of its time in the United States. The novel focused on the money-motivated sin, greed, and debauchery of members of the . · The Quaker City: Or, the Monks of Monk-Hall: A Romance of Philadelphia Life, Mystery, and Crime Item Preview Lippard_Quaker_City_bltadwin.ru Lippard_Quaker_City_p16_bltadwin.ru George Lippard. Publication date Topics DCC Collection newberrymisc; newberry Language. The Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk Hall: A Romance of Philadelphia Life, Mystery, and Crime Hardcover – Octo by GEORGE LIPPARD (Author) out of 5 stars 7 ratings/5(7).
His lurid fictional expose of Philadelphia's elite classes, The Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk Hall () stirred controversy and became, as Lippard wrote in , "more attacked, and more read, than any work of American fiction ever published." Lippard's working-class fiction earned him notoriety as "the Eugene Sue of America.". "One could scarcely overestimate the need to bring George Lippard's The Quaker City back into print." — Penn. Mag. of History and Biography America's best-selling novel in its time, The Quaker City, or the Monks of Monk Hall, published in , is a sensational expose of social corruption, personal debauchery, and the sexual. The Quaker City: The Monks of Monk Hall. by. George Lippard, David S. Reynolds (Editor) · Rating details · ratings · 26 reviews. America's best-selling novel in its time, The Quaker City, published in , is a sensational exposé of social corruption, personal debauchery, and the sexual exploitation of women in antebellum.
George Lippard’s The Quaker City; Or, The Monks of Monk Hall functioned as an exposé of crime, social class disparity, and criminal injustice in the city of Philadelphia. After being published in , The Quaker City sold about 60, copies and became the best-selling novel of its time in the United States. The novel focused on the money-motivated sin, greed, and debauchery of members of the upper class. The Quaker City, or the Monks of Monk Hall: A Romance of Philadelphia Life, Mystery, and Crime; With Illustrations, and the Author's Portrait and Autograph (Classic Reprint): Lippard, George: bltadwin.ru: Books. The Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk Hall: a Romance of Philadelphia Life, Mystery, and Crime. by. Lippard, George, () Publication date. Publisher. T.B. Peterson. Collection. universityofcaliforniaberkeley; americana.
0コメント