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In a novel that celebrates the power of fiction and its ultimate redeeming quality, Alice Pinkerton transports those who belittle her into her own secretly written books where they are forced to reveal their true natures, in a novel set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century New York.
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Anbieter: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, USA
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers S_367391212
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Anbieter: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, USA
Zustand: Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00028070150
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Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Paperback. Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.51. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G1931561990I4N00
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Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Paperback. Zustand: USED_GOOD. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.51. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G1931561990I3N10
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Anbieter: Cathy's Half Price Books, Havertown, PA, USA
paperback. Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. Very good with no marks, damage or labels. We Ship Daily! Satisfaction Guaranteed!. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 131902
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Anbieter: Bramble Ridge Books, Frankewing, TN, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Second Printing. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003711
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Anbieter: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, USA
Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 8.98 X 6.22 X 2.05 inches. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 344953
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Anbieter: Rock Solid Books, Jenison, MI, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. 1stprinting. Eexcellent copy. 100% guarantee. Expert packaging. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000588
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Anbieter: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. New York at the turn of the century; a city bursting with new life. Out near Hudson Heights, Longfellow Park - an area of wealth and position - is being torn apart to make way for the newly rich and ambitious who threaten to engulf the long-standing residents. The new century brings with it a new order. But they still have their traditions, these older families, still have their respectability, their position, their culture. The grander ones even have statues made in their image. Yet, like so many well-orchestrated worlds, their houses contain secrets, rooms, people that they would prefer the rest of the world not to dwell upon. In the Pinkerton household a nineteenth-century embarrassment remains. Alice Pinkerton. Alice Pinkerton is almost thirty-five, not mad exactly, but disturbed, foolish, not right in the head. She had a friend once, a black servant girl (regarded in itself as a harbinger of abnormality) but she disappeared one day, never to return. Alice is tolerated (more or less), free to wander about, free to accompany her family to tea parties and cultured soirees, free to be condescended to, to have looks exchanged over her, free to be treated like a simpleton. But the truth is, Alice's mind is razor sharp, honed by a restless imagination, years of reading, and a profound contempt for her surroundings. Like her namesake in Through the Looking-Glass, Alice Pinkerton too has a mirror through which to enter a different world, only for her the mirror is her books. Left alone to read, to think, she has devoured the world that brings her mind alive: Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Allan Poe are her inspiration; Jane Eyre (and Bertha Rochester), Maggie Tulliver, Lady Macbeth her companions, sustaining and nourishing her lonely life. As she moves through the witless world of Longfellow Park, observing its prejudices, its shallow culture and its vanity, its hatred of truth, she transports those who belittle her into these books and into her own - secretly-written - books, where they can no longer hide behind their tea parties and their song recitals, but are forced to act out their true characters, and reveal their true natures. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 123679334
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Anbieter: Burke's Book Store, Memphis, TN, USA
Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tight, clean. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 279254
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