The Patrician (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

In its review of this 1911 novel about conflicts arising from the rigid class prejudices of upper-caste English society, the New York Times singled out Galsworthy's heroine for special praise, calling her "at once splendid, simple, crowned with happiness, and somehow caged and tragically looking out between gilded bars." 

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The Patrician (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

In its review of this 1911 novel about conflicts arising from the rigid class prejudices of upper-caste English society, the New York Times singled out Galsworthy's heroine for special praise, calling her "at once splendid, simple, crowned with happiness, and somehow caged and tragically looking out between gilded bars." 

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The Patrician (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

The Patrician (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by John Galsworthy
The Patrician (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

The Patrician (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by John Galsworthy

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In its review of this 1911 novel about conflicts arising from the rigid class prejudices of upper-caste English society, the New York Times singled out Galsworthy's heroine for special praise, calling her "at once splendid, simple, crowned with happiness, and somehow caged and tragically looking out between gilded bars." 


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ISBN-13: 9781411442580
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Publication date: 03/08/2011
Series: Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 404
File size: 400 KB
Age Range: 3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English writer and dramatist.  He is best known for his ambitious series of novels The Forsyte Saga (1906-1922), which focuses on the fortune of a family over time, and aims to illuminate the social and economic changes occurring throughout England.  He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.
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