In the 1800s, the American South was a highly stratified society in which different classes rarely intermingled. By the early twentieth century, the rise of a new class of nouveau riche titans of industry began to change that. It is against this backdrop of transition that Ellen Glasgow sets her novel The Romance of a Plain Man. The story follows poor but honorable Ben Starr as he works his way up the socioeconomic ladder in pursuit of the daughter of an aristocratic family.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 452 ● ISBN 9781776599431 ● Publisher The Floating Press ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4907819 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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