The Buccaneers
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The Buccaneers

by Edith Wharton

1938•Romance•406 pages

Taste attributes: romancedramahistoricalrealisticlinearglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsocial commentarylove conquers all

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Boxlist takeA stirring, grounded romance novel, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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2.3 / 5

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About This Book

Nan and Virginia St. George have the great good luck to be born beautiful and wealthy - the two qualities prized above all others in 1870s New York - but the insurmountably bad luck to come from "new money." Shunned by the snobbish guardians of Manhattan society, the lively girls still attract many admirers, but no offers of marriage from eligible men - the grail pursued discreetly but with single-minded intensity...

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

RomanceDramaHistoricalComplex relationshipSocial commentaryLove conquers all

Subjects

Americans in fictionAmericansEngland in fictionYoung women in fictionYoung womenMan-woman relationshipsMan-woman relationships in fictionLove stories

Details

Author
Edith Wharton
Published
1938
Pages
406
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