| Domestic Manners of the Americans Contributor(s): Trollope, Fanny (Author), Neville-Singleton, Pamela (Introduction by), Neville-Singleton, Pamela (Notes by) |
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ISBN: 0140435611 ISBN-13: 9780140435610 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1997 Annotation: The publication of Domestic Manners of the Americans in 1832 caused a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic. Part satire, part masterpiece of nineteenth-century travel writing, this perceptive and humorous book grew from Trollope's ill-fated attempt to escape growing debts and the oppressively black moods of her husband. When she left England in 1827 with three of her children and a young French artist, her destination was a utopian community in Tennessee, established to prepare slaves for eventual emancipation. Horrified by the primitive conditions she discovered there, Trollope quickly fled with her children to the booming frontier town of Cincinnati. After two miserable years she retreated to England, where she launched her remarkably successful literary career with this timeless and biting commentary on a society torn between high ideals and human frailties. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 973 |
| LCCN: 98148351 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.16" W x 7.78" (0.71 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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| Publisher Description: When Fanny Trollope set sail for America in 1827 with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, she took with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. But what followed was a tragicomedy of illness, scandal and failed business ventures. Nevertheless, on her return to England Fanny turned her misfortunes into a remarkable book. A masterpiece of nineteenth-century travel-writing, Domestic Manners of the Americans is a vivid and hugely witty satirical account of a nation and was a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic. |