The Buccaneers Paperback - 1994
by Edith Wharton; Marion Mainwaring
Finally finished by writer Marion Mainwaring, Edith Wharton's timeless story is as riveting today as any written in her own time. Set in the 1870s, The Buccaneers is about five wealthy American girls whose money is too "new" to get them into society.
Summary
After Wharton's death in 1937, The Christian Science Monitor said, "If it could have been completed, The Buccaneers would doubtless stand among the richest and most sophisticated of Wharton's novels." Now, with wit and imagination, Marion Mainwaring has finished the story, taking her cue from Wharton's own synopsis. It is a novel any Wharton fan will celebrate and any romantic reader will love. This is the richly engaging story of Nan St. George and guy Thwarte, an American heiress and an English aristocrat, whose love breaks the rules of both their societies.
First line
It was the height of the racing season in Saratoga.
Details
- Title The Buccaneers
- Author Edith Wharton; Marion Mainwaring
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 1994-10-01
- ISBN 9780140232028 / 0140232028
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 1.1 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.79 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Love stories, England - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93013901
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
The New York Times Book Review
"The Buccaneers brilliantly showcases Wharton near the top of her form."
Chicago Tribune
"Mainwaring has added gloss to the story's original elegance and wit, and the novel emerges like a master's painting from the hands of a highly skilled restorer."
Leon Edel
"Mainwaring's version of The Buccaneers is a tour de force. . . . [She] deserves high marks for her ingenuity, novelistic skill, and critical intelligence."
USA Today
"A sense of unobtrusive accuracy of tone and detail prevails throughout Ms. Mainwaring's [writing]. . . . It's hard to imagine a better writer equipped to take on Edith Wharton."
The Wall Street Journal
Citations
- Library Journal, 12/01/2014, Page 47
- Publishers Weekly, 09/19/1994, Page 0
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