| Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel Contributor(s): White, Edmund (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060852267 ISBN-13: 9780060852269 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: In a damp, old Sussex castle, American literary phenomenon Stephen Crane lies on his deathbed, wasting away from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-eight. The world-famous author has retreated to England with his wife, Cora, in part to avoid gossip about her ignominious past as the proprietress of an infamous Florida bordello, the Hotel de Dream. In the midst of gathering tragedy, Crane begins dictating what will surely be his final work: a strange and poignant novel of a boy prostitute in 1890s New York and the married man who ruins his own life to win his love. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Romance - Historical - 20th Century - Fiction | Biographical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: In a damp, old Sussex castle, American literary phenomenon Stephen Crane lies on his deathbed, wasting away from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-eight. The world-famous author has retreated to England with his wife, Cora, in part to avoid gossip about her ignominious past as the proprietress of an infamous Florida bordello, the Hotel de Dream. In the midst of gathering tragedy, Crane begins dictating what will surely be his final work: a strange and poignant novel of a boy prostitute in 1890s New York and the married man who ruins his own life to win his love. |
Contributor Bio(s): White, Edmund: - Edmund White is the author of the novels Fanny: A Fiction, A Boy's Own Story, The Farewell Symphony, and The Married Man; a biography of Jean Genet; a study of Marcel Proust; and, most recently, a memoir, My Lives. Having lived in Paris for many years, he has now settled in New York, and he teaches at Princeton University. |