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The Guest of Quesnay

by Booth Tarkington
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In American author Booth Tarkington's best-known novels and stories, he describes the changing of the cultural guard in the United States as the moneyed aristocracy gave way to the up-and-coming robber barons and titans of industry. In The Guest of Quesnay, Tarkington casts his social scrutiny on a different continent, using the figure of an American painter in Paris as a lens through which to explore relationships between European and American attitudes and ideals.

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Publisher: Duke Classics

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  • Release date: March 20, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9781620132463
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  • ISBN: 9781620132463
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  • Release date: March 20, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9781620132463
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Classic Literature Fiction

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In American author Booth Tarkington's best-known novels and stories, he describes the changing of the cultural guard in the United States as the moneyed aristocracy gave way to the up-and-coming robber barons and titans of industry. In The Guest of Quesnay, Tarkington casts his social scrutiny on a different continent, using the figure of an American painter in Paris as a lens through which to explore relationships between European and American attitudes and ideals.

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Classic Literature Fiction
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    Publisher:
    Duke Classics

    Kindle Book
    Release date: March 20, 2013

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781620132463
    Release date: March 20, 2013

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781620132463
    File size: 345 KB
    Release date: March 20, 2013

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781620132463
    File size: 341 KB
    Release date: March 20, 2013

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    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    Open EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
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