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John Galsworthy
The Skin Game (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook]
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This 1920 play by Galsworthy—made into a 1931 film by Alfred Hitchcock—features a collision between two families: the ‘old-money’ Hillcrists and the nouveau-riche Hornblowers. As the patriarchs of the two families squabble over a piece of land, an innocent young woman will pay the price.

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known for his ambitious series of novels
The Forsyte Saga (1906-1922), which focuses on the fortune of a family over time, and aims to illuminate the social and economic changes occurring throughout England. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 132 ● ISBN 9781411440326 ● File size 0.2 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5862870 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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