In America

In America

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New to Penguin Modern Classics for this story of idealism and the America stage The story of In America is inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karol Chlapowski, her fifteen-year-old son, Rudolf, the young journalist and future author of Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and a few friends; their brief sojourn in Anaheim, California; and Modrzejewska's subsequent triumphant career on the American stage under the name Helena Modjeska.

Author: Susan Sontag
Format: Paperback, 400 pages, 130mm x 197mm, 290 g
Published: 2009, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction

Vendor: Book Grocer
SKU: 9780141190105-RETAIL
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New to Penguin Modern Classics for this story of idealism and the America stage The story of In America is inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karol Chlapowski, her fifteen-year-old son, Rudolf, the young journalist and future author of Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and a few friends; their brief sojourn in Anaheim, California; and Modrzejewska's subsequent triumphant career on the American stage under the name Helena Modjeska.