Like The Ivory Tower?
Join aNobii to see if your friends read it, and discover similar books!
Book Description
In 1914, Henry James began work on a major novel about the immense new fortunes of the Gilded Age. Set among the great houses and sweeping sea views of Newport, Rhode Island, with the backroom deals and enduring animosities of New York's financial world lurking in the background, The Ivory Tower expContinue
Critics
-
lrb published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010
0 Review No reviews for this book yet
Book Details
- English Books
- Paperback 296 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1590170784
- ISBN-13: 9781590170786
- Publisher: NYRB Classics (New York Review Books Classics)
- Pub date: Feb 29, 2004
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette and Library Binding
Prices Change currency & sellers
| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781590170786 | Paperback | $16.95 | $11.97 | bn.com |
| $16.95 | $12.26 | The Book Depository | ||
| Other editions → | ||||
We offered them their chance
The story opens on a picture of a very large young lady, ‘a truly massive young person’, crossing from one house to another in Newport, Rhode Island, site of ‘florid’ villas and other structures ‘smothered in senseless architectural ornament’. On the ... (read full critics)