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A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts / Therese Anne Fowler.
Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built 9 mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement. With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, in A Well-Behaved Woman Therese Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted against desperate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. Meet Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, living proof that history is made by those who know the rules-and how to break them.
Record details
- ISBN: 1250095476
- ISBN: 9781250095473
- Physical Description: 392 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
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| Subject: | Belmont, Alva, 1853-1933 > Fiction. Vanderbilt family > Fiction. Socialites > Fiction. United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. |
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- 25 of 27 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Cass County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F FOW 2018 (Text) | 0002205814896 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/09/2024 |
