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Author Kronenberger, Louis, 1904-1980.

Title The polished surface; essays in the literature of worldliness.

Publication Info. New York : Knopf, 1969.

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  809.9 K93P    Check Shelf
Edition [First edition].
Description 289 pages ; 23 cm
Contents The tribe of La Rochefoucauld -- Saint-Simon, chronicler of Versailles -- The Way of the world -- The School for scandal -- Horace Walpole's letters -- Candide -- Les Liaisons dangereuses -- Jane Austen: Lady Susan and Pride and Prejudice -- Byron's Don Juan -- Eugene Onegin -- The Charterhouse of Parma -- Vanity fair -- Barchester Towers -- Washington Square -- Edith Wharton: The Age of innocence and The House of mirth -- The letters and life of Henry Adams.
Subject Worldliness in literature.
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