The Resource The gods of Newport : a novel, John Jakes
The gods of Newport : a novel, John Jakes
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The item The gods of Newport : a novel, John Jakes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fulton County Public Library.
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- Summary
- Railroad tycoon Sam Driver arrives in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1893 determined to break into high society and win a wealthy husband for his beautiful daughter, Jenny, but his past as a robber baron threatens to keep him from gaining the acceptance he desires, and Jenny complicates matters by falling in love with an impoverished young Irishman
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 383 p.
- Isbn
- 9780525949763
- Label
- The gods of Newport : a novel
- Title
- The gods of Newport
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- John Jakes
- Subject
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- trueNouveaux riches
- trueGreed
- Newport (R.I.) -- Fiction
- true1890s -- 1890 -- 1899
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueSocial classes
- trueMen/women relations
- Historical fiction
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueNewport, Rhode Island
- Upper class -- Fiction
- trueRailroad owners
- trueRich families
- trueAmerican dream
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- trueInterclass romance -- Rhode Island
- trueRhode Island -- History -- 19th century
- truePoor men
- trueIrish American men
- truePrejudice
- Newport (R.I.) -- Fiction
- Upper class -- Fiction
- trueRhode Island -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Historical fiction
- trueClassism
- trueGilded Age (1865-1898) -- 1865 -- 1898
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Railroad tycoon Sam Driver arrives in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1893 determined to break into high society and win a wealthy husband for his beautiful daughter, Jenny, but his past as a robber baron threatens to keep him from gaining the acceptance he desires, and Jenny complicates matters by falling in love with an impoverished young Irishman
- Summary
- Determined to secure entry into the elite social circles of late nineteenth-century Rhode Island, Sam Driver enlists the help of a pair of social gadflies but finds his efforts complicated by his daughter's romance with an impoverished young Irishman
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 147251
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Citation source
-
- Publisher's Weekly
- Booklist
- Kirkus Review
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1932-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jakes, John
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
-
- Adult
- Adult
- Intended audience source
- Follett Library Resources
- LC call number
- PS3560.A37
- LC item number
- G64 2006
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Newport (R.I.)
- Upper class
- United States
- Newport (R.I.)
- Upper class
- United States
- Historical fiction
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The gods of Newport : a novel, John Jakes
- Control code
- 21408184
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 383 p.
- Isbn
- 9780525949763
- Lccn
- 2006027108
- System control number
-
- (rplri)26171
- (IMchF)fol11302130
- Label
- The gods of Newport : a novel, John Jakes
- Control code
- 21408184
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 383 p.
- Isbn
- 9780525949763
- Lccn
- 2006027108
- System control number
-
- (rplri)26171
- (IMchF)fol11302130
Subject
- true1890s -- 1890 -- 1899
- trueAmerican dream
- trueClassism
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueGilded Age (1865-1898) -- 1865 -- 1898
- trueGreed
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueInterclass romance -- Rhode Island
- trueIrish American men
- trueMen/women relations
- Newport (R.I.) -- Fiction
- Newport (R.I.) -- Fiction
- trueNewport, Rhode Island
- trueNouveaux riches
- truePoor men
- truePrejudice
- trueRailroad owners
- trueRhode Island -- History -- 19th century
- trueRhode Island -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- trueRich families
- trueSocial classes
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Upper class -- Fiction
- Upper class -- Fiction
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