| The Emigrants Contributor(s): Imlay, Gilbert (Author), Gilroy, Amanda (Editor), Verhoeven, W. M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0140436723 ISBN-13: 9780140436723 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: Published in 1793, THE EMIGRANTS was one of the first novels to contrast the rigid political structure and society of Europe with the utopian promise of America. Set on the western frontier of the new nation, this epistolary novel deftly combines a love story with rich descriptions of the landscape and of wilderness adventures, including one of the first instances of Indian captivity in American fiction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97034617 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.13" W x 7.8" (0.55 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Imlay's delightful epistolary adventure of 1793, set on the American frontier, was one of the first American novels. The trials of an emigrant family in the Ohio River Valley of Kentucky contrast the decadence of Europe with the utopian promise of the American West. Its sensational love plots also dramatize the novel's surprising feminist allegiances. |