| The Quaker City, or the Monks of Monk Hall: A Romance of Philadelphia Life, Mystery, and Crime Contributor(s): Lippard, George (Author), Reynolds, David S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0870239716 ISBN-13: 9780870239717 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1995 Annotation: America's best-selling novel in its time, The Quaker City, published in 1845, is a sensational expose of social corruption, personal debauchery, and the sexual exploitation of women in antebellum Philadelphia. This new edition, with an introduction by David S. Reynolds, brings back into print this important work by George Lippard (1822-1854), a journalist, freethinker, and labor and social reformer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 94044599 |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 5.55" W x 8.27" (1.54 lbs) 632 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: America's best-selling novel in its time, The Quaker City, published in 1845, is a sensational exposé of social corruption, personal debauchery, and the sexual exploitation of women in antebellum Philadelphia. This new edition, with an introduction by David S. Reynolds, brings back into print this important work by George Lippard (1822-1854), a journalist, freethinker, and labor and social reformer. |