A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death : A Novel /
Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson met his violent death on March 12, 1889, at the hands of his neighbor, a disreputable doctor who was attempting to seduce the Dawson family governess. Drawn from events surrounding this infamous episode, this novel pulls back the veil of a genteel society and...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Columbia :
University of South Carolina Press,
[2005]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson met his violent death on March 12, 1889, at the hands of his neighbor, a disreputable doctor who was attempting to seduce the Dawson family governess. Drawn from events surrounding this infamous episode, this novel pulls back the veil of a genteel society and exposes a dark visage of anger and secret pain that no amount of imposed manners could restrain, and only love might eventually heal. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (216 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781611175585 |


