The Patrician
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair/Acceptable. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed with tanning and foxing visible; half-title page missing. Markings: No markings. Binding: Aged but appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A work of Edwardian literary fiction, The Patrician examines the tensions between aristocratic duty and personal desire in early twentieth-century England. Written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Galsworthy, the novel centres on Lord Miltoun, a rigid and idealistic young English nobleman whose political ambitions are tested when he falls passionately in love with a married woman. Galsworthy presents this conflict with his trademark social acuity, dissecting the suffocating conventions of the English upper class with precision and quiet moral authority. The narrative unfolds at a measured, contemplative pace, as each character is forced to weigh personal happiness against the demands of social position and ancestral obligation. It stands as a powerful illustration of Galsworthy's recurring preoccupation with the cost of conformity and the quiet tragedies bred by privilege.
Author: John Galsworthy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1911, William Heinemann
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair/Acceptable. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed with tanning and foxing visible; half-title page missing. Markings: No markings. Binding: Aged but appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A work of Edwardian literary fiction, The Patrician examines the tensions between aristocratic duty and personal desire in early twentieth-century England. Written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Galsworthy, the novel centres on Lord Miltoun, a rigid and idealistic young English nobleman whose political ambitions are tested when he falls passionately in love with a married woman. Galsworthy presents this conflict with his trademark social acuity, dissecting the suffocating conventions of the English upper class with precision and quiet moral authority. The narrative unfolds at a measured, contemplative pace, as each character is forced to weigh personal happiness against the demands of social position and ancestral obligation. It stands as a powerful illustration of Galsworthy's recurring preoccupation with the cost of conformity and the quiet tragedies bred by privilege.