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Dalliance - A Novel (Hardcover)
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Mary Turner has little use for sacrifice. As the niece of Erastus
Corning, the prominent railway magnate, she is accustomed to
financial security, society balls, and the flirtatious attention of
her many suitors. When she marries the ambitious, though dull,
banker Isaac Burch, she secures an upper-class social position at
the cost of a loveless relationship. Refusing to settle, Mary soon
finds diversion and companionship in a 'dalliance' - perhaps
adulterous - with Chicago lawyer David Stuart. Her alleged
indiscretions result in a very public divorce trial, pitting the
domineering husband against the repentant and disgraced wife.Based
on the actual Illinois divorce trial of 1860 that riveted the
country with newspaper headlines displaying the personal lives of
prominent citizens, Burg's novel probes human motivations and
failings along with a social climate percolating with the demands
for civil and social rights of women. Narrated through Mary's diary
entries, Isaac's letters, and the journal of newspaper reporter
Thomas Perry, ""Dalliance"" transports the reader with exquisitely
researched detail into the material culture of America's
mid-nineteenth-century upper-crust society. Richly drawn characters
and Burg's eloquent style combine to make this an engrossing and
emotionally powerful novel readers will not soon forget.
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Imprint: |
Syracuse University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2008 |
First published: |
September 2008 |
Authors: |
Diana M Burg
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Dimensions: |
236 x 168 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
384 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8156-0931-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-8156-0931-0 |
Barcode: |
9780815609315 |
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