Kennedy Square - Couverture souple

Smith, F. Hopkinson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1417926562 ISBN 13 : 9781417926565

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2004

Synopsis

Kennedy Square is a novel written by F. Hopkinson Smith. The story is set in the late 1800s in Newport, Rhode Island, a wealthy and exclusive summer resort town. The book follows the lives of several characters who live in the area and are connected to Kennedy Square, a small park in the center of town. The main character is Miss Jane Cabot, a young woman who lives with her wealthy aunt and is searching for love and independence. She meets and falls in love with a young artist named Dick Percival, but their relationship is complicated by social expectations and family pressure. Other characters include Mrs. Wentworth, a wealthy widow who is involved in a scandalous affair, and her daughter, who is engaged to a wealthy but dull businessman. There is also a group of young men who spend their days sailing and partying, and a mysterious old man who sits in the park and watches the world go by. The book explores themes of love, class, and social expectations in a time when society was changing rapidly. It also paints a vivid portrait of Newport and its wealthy residents, with descriptions of grand mansions, lavish parties, and the beautiful coastline. Overall, Kennedy Square is a charming and engaging novel that captures the spirit of a bygone era.1911. Smith had several careers: engineer, artist, illustrator and short story writer. His success in engineering included planning the foundations for the Statue of Liberty. He traveled frequently to Europe and became known for his portraits and illustration. Smith was an entertaining after-dinner storyteller and in his fifties he decided to commit his stories to paper and is remembered for his Colonel Carter novels. The book begins: On the precise day on which this story opens-some sixty or more years ago, to be exact-a bullet-headed, merry-eyed, mahogany-colored young darky stood on the top step of an old-fashioned, high-stoop house, craning his head up and down and across Kennedy Square in the effort to get the first glimpse of his master, St. George Wilmot Temple, attorney and counsellor-at-law, who was expected home from a ducking trip down the bay. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Originally published in 1911. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1417926562
• ISBN 13: 9781417926565
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Keller A. I.
• Nombre de pages: 524
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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