![]() ![]() In Democracy, Madeleine Lee, an emancipated and idealistic young widow, moves to Washington to learn the nature of political power and is disillusioned upon discovering the intrigues of rampant corruption. ![]() ![]() Now brought together for the first time in a single volume, these works show the many forms-fiction, poetry, philosophical and historical speculation, autobiography-in which Adams gave expression to his vision of the meaning of the unsettling changes in American life and values.Įach of the two novels, Democracy and Esther, chooses a woman on whom to center the effects of social change. This Library of America volume includes the best-known works of Henry Adams, one of the most powerful and original minds to illuminate the American scene from the Civil War to World War I. Your credit card will not be charged until the book is shipped. You may order a copy now and it will be shipped to you when the reprint has arrived. This title is out of stock and a reprint has not yet been scheduled. ![]()
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