New York: Its Upper Ten and Lower Million (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by George Lippard

Overview

Published in 1853, this novel of gothic sensationalism and class struggle, featuring the wealthy Van Huyden family, has the narrative momentum—and subtlety—of a freight train.  "Has this wealth no duties to mankind?" he demands rhetorically in a question that could as easily be asked today. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411444980
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/29/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	292
Sales rank:	1,062,247
File size:	705 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

George Lippard (1822-1854) was an American novelist, journalist, and progressive activist.  Popular in his day, he is undeservedly forgotten today.  In his brief life and even shorter career, he published prodigiously in a variety of genres from gothic romance to historical fiction, including the books, The Monks of Monk Hall (1844)—or The Quaker City—and Legends of the Revolution (1847).