
Sweeping us into the inner san c tum of Boston society, into the Beacon Hill town houses and exclusive private clubs where only the c it y's wealthiest and most powerful congregate, this novel gives us - t hr ough the story of one family and its patriarch, the recently deceased George Apley - the portr ai t of an entire society in transition. Gently satirical and rich with drama, the novel moves from the Guided Age to the Great Depression as it projects George Apley's world - and subtly reveals a life in which success and accomplishment mask disappointment and regret, a life of extreme and enviable privilege that is nonetheless an imperfect life. The Late George Apley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1 938.
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