Democracy: An American Novel by Henry Adams

Democracy: An American Novel

Henry Adams

240 pages first pub 1880 (editions)

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An immediate bestseller upon its publication in 1880, the anonymously penned Democracy prompted widespread speculation and guessing games as to its author's identity. It is the story of Mrs. Lightfoot Lee, a society widow, and Silas Ratcliffe, the...

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