Description: (Modern Fiction) Yates, Edmund: Broken to Harness: Hardcover. Loring, Publisher, Boston, MA. 1866. 3rd Printing. Very Good- American Edition. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The spine ends have some tiny nicks as well. The text pages are generally clean, though the front and rear endpapers are heavily toned, and have biopredation (bug nibbles). "Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894) managed to offend seriously both William Makepeace Thackeray and Anthony Trollope in his work as a gossip journalist. He wrote some nineteen novels, of which this, his first, was perhaps the most popularly successful. Its most distinctive feature is its representation—sometimes fascinating but sometimes tediously knowing—of contemporary society. “We have read it with lively interest, and we lay it aside with an agreeable sense of refreshment. ” Athenaeum, November 26, 1864. “We cannot do more than state the almost unexceptionable excellence of all these volumes contain, and add our impression of the value of the many moral lessons the author has conveyed in Broken to Harness. ” Manchester Guardian, January 17, 1865. A (slightly) contrasting view: “A spirited, effective tale of to-day, full of people one understands, who do things they are likely to do . . . With incidents which excite without being improbable”; but while the “subordinate characters” are “alive . . . The higher characters are not. ” Spectator, November 26, 1864" (from David Alfred Bywaters's Crossword Cavalcade & Fortnightly Victorian Novel Recommender). #44804 $25 All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and International shipping are also available. We offer combined shippping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund Books or ephemera will be well packed to protect from damage during shipping.
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Author: Yates, Edmund
Book Title: Broken to Harness
Cover: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Loring, Publisher
Publication Year: 1866
Place Published: Boston, MA
Pages: 386p.
Topic: Modern Fiction
Format: Hardcover
Printing: 3rd Printing
Book Condition: Very Good-
Defects: American Edition. This book is in Very Good- condition and is, lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some bumping and, rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The spine ends have some, tiny nicks as well. The text pages are generally clean, though, the front and rear endpapers are heavily toned, and have, biopredation (bug nibbles). "Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894), managed to offend seriously both William Makepeace Thackeray, and Anthony Trollope in his work as a gossip journalist. He, wrote some nineteen novels, of which this, his first, was, perhaps the most popularly successful. Its most distinctive, feature is its representation—sometimes fascinating but, sometimes tediously knowing—of contemporary society. “We have, read it with lively interest, and we lay it aside with an, agreeable sense of refreshment. ” Athenaeum, November 26, 1864., “We cannot do more than state the almost unexceptionable, excellence of all these volumes contain, and add our impression, of the value of the many moral lessons the author has conveyed, in Broken to Harness. ” Manchester Guardian, January 17, 1865., A (slightly) contrasting view: “A spirited, effective tale of, to-day, full of people one understands, who do things they are, likely to do . . . With incidents which excite without being, improbable”; but while the “subordinate characters” are “alive, . . . The higher characters are not. ” Spectator, November 26,, 1864" (from David Alfred Bywaters's Crossword Cavalcade &, Fortnightly Victorian Novel Recommender).
Binding: Hardcover
Subject: Modern Fiction
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Year Printed: 1866
