A classic novel by S. Weir Mitchell. From the preface: There will be many people in this book; some will be important, others will come on the scene for a time and return no more. The life-lines of these persons will cross and recross, to meet once or twice and not again, like the ruts in a much used road. To-day the stage may be crowded, to-morrow empty. The corner novels where only a half dozen people are concerned give no impression of the multitudinous contacts which affect human lives. Even of the limited life of a ...
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A classic novel by S. Weir Mitchell. From the preface: There will be many people in this book; some will be important, others will come on the scene for a time and return no more. The life-lines of these persons will cross and recross, to meet once or twice and not again, like the ruts in a much used road. To-day the stage may be crowded, to-morrow empty. The corner novels where only a half dozen people are concerned give no impression of the multitudinous contacts which affect human lives. Even of the limited life of a village this is true. It was more true of the time of my story, which lacking plot must rely for interest on the influential relations of social groups, then more defined in small communities than they are to-day. Long before the Civil War there were in the middle states, near to or remote from great centres, villages where the social division of classes was tacitly accepted. In or near these towns one or more families were continuously important on account of wealth or because of historic position, generations of social training, and constant relation to the larger world. They came by degrees to constitute what I may describe as an indistinct caste, for a long time accepted as such by their less fortune-favoured neighbours. They were, in fact, for many years almost as much a class by themselves as are the long-seated county families of England and like these were looked to for helpful aid in sickness and in other of the calamities of life. The democrat time, increasing ease of travel and the growth of large industries, gradually altered the relation between these small communities, and the families who in the smaller matters of life long remained singularly familiar with their poorer neighbours and in the way of closer social intimacies far apart. It seemed to me worth while to use the life of one of these groups of people as the background of a story which also deals with the influence of politics and war on all classes.
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Add this copy of Westways a Village Chronicle to cart. $5.00, good condition, Sold by Pepper's Old Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hanson, KY, UNITED STATES, published 1913 by Century Co.
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Very Good+ No Jacket. 6000 shelf. 1916 name up front, same date at back. Attractive. very good+, no dj, bright gold-stamped green cloth. Tight, solid 510 pgs.
Add this copy of Westways; : a Village Chronicle, [Jan 01, 1913] to cart. $8.98, fair condition, Sold by Sperry Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rollinsford, NH, UNITED STATES, published 1913 by The Century Co.
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Fair. Edgewear on green cloth cover gilt lettering-good on front rubbed on spine, no dust jacket, webbing exposed on front hinge otherwise tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.
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Good. Book Octavo, hardcover, bright green and gilt decorative cover, VG ex library copy with pocket at back, minimal markings. 510 pp. A novel based upon the social structure of small villages in pre-Civil War America.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 510 pages. Green boards with gilt lettering. Some pages in front and rear, edges and endpapers are foxed. Minor spotting to boards. Small worm hole on bottom edge. Some edgewear and corner bumping.
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Very Good. First edition. Decorative green cloth, gilt-stamped. Contemporary owner's name penned on front pastedown, spine ends fraying, else very good.
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Good. Good hardcover. Later printing. Pages light yellow from age, clean text. Corners lightly rubbed. Edges of spine bumped. Minor spine lean. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Add this copy of Westways-a Village Chronicle to cart. $24.00, very good condition, Sold by Ken's Book Haven rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Coopersburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1913 by The Century Co..
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Very Good. Book Slight edgewear, esp. upper spine. Spine gilt to lettering gone. Stillattractive. very good, no dj, gold-stamped dark green cloth. Tight 510 pgs.
