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Ragged Lady

William Dean Howells

Editora: Aeneas Press

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A Vermont girl of no family is taken up by a rich woman as a companion and carried to Italy — where the arrangement, and everyone's exact idea of what she is owed, comes apart. Howells edited The Atlantic and was the most powerful literary broker in America; this 1899 novel is his quietest anatomy of patronage, and the girl's refusal to be grateful on cue is the whole book.
Disponível desde: 22/07/2026.
Comprimento de impressão: 264 páginas.

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