The Book Class
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The author of Exit Lady Masham explores the lives of twelve members of a high society ladies' book club in New York over the course of sixty years. "If I have a bias it is in my suspicion that women are intellectually and intuitively superior to men," writes Christopher Gates, the narrator of this book. "But," he adds, "I certainly never thought they were "nicer." And I very much doubt that anyone could think so who was raised, as I was, in a society in which the female had so many more privileges than the male." Thus, he describes the twelve women who-as debutantes- instituted his mother's "book class" in 1908 and met every month for over sixty years to discuss a selected title, old or new. During their lifetimes, these women did not have any real political or economic clout comparable to that of the men of their day. Only Adeline Bloodgood had ever held a regular job, and only Polly Travers, as a State Assemblywoman, ever played a formal role in politics. For Georgia Bristed, "the hostess had largely consumed the woman," and Leila Lee was "a beauty in a day when simply being beautiful was considered an adequate occupation." Although most of them were surrounded by a staff of servants and had no discernible responsibilities, these women still lived with serious intent backed by a considerable and undeniable power that in no way derived from "the snares and lures of womanly wiles." Within the protected discipline of their surroundings, their lives were filled with drama and challenge-moments of passion, of betrayal and loyalty, of sweet revenge and joyless conquest, of irony and illumination . . .
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Auchincloss, L. (1984). The Book Class. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Auchincloss, Louis. 1984. The Book Class. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Auchincloss, Louis, The Book Class. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1984.
MLA Citation (style guide)Auchincloss, Louis. The Book Class. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1984.
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