Calvary Alley
by Alice Hegan Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair to PoorNo DJ
- Seller
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Mulvane, Kansas, United States
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Private library plate FPD, moderate toning, else Content appears as unblemished in tan decorated, cloth covered boards surface/edge wear as shown. The outside is much worse than the text. Has not been preserved well & coating over cloth is worn thin, as is text, small hole at head of spine. Worth Rebinding.
Book Excerpt: Hell too present and prosaic, to be of the least interest. And the cathedral itself, holding out welcoming arms to all the noble avenues that stretched in leafy luxury to the south, forgot entirely to glance over its shoulder at the sordid little neighbor that lay under the very shadow of its cross.
At the blind end of the alley, wedged in between two towering warehouses, was Number One, a ramshackle tenement which in some forgotten day had been a fine old colonial residence. The city had long since hemmed it in completely, and all that remained of its former grandeur were a flight of broad steps that once boasted a portico and the imposing, fan-shaped arch above the doorway.
In the third floor of Number One, on the side next the cathedral, dwelt the Snawdor family, a social unit of somewhat complex character. The complication came about by the paterfamilias having missed his calling. Mr. Snawdor was by instinct and inclination a bachelor. He had early in life found a modest rut in which……
Alice Hegan Rice (1870-1942) was an American novelist. Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, she wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. The book was a best seller in 1902 and was set in Louisville, Kentucky where she lived. Hegan was married to poet and dramatist Cale Young Rice. Rice was the niece of author Frances Little. Several of her earlier works were translated into German, French, Danish, and Swedish, and three (Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1901), Mr. Opp (1909), and A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill (1912)) were dramatized. Both before and after she became a novelist she was favorably known for short stories contributed to the magazines. Among her other works are: Lovey Mary (1903), Sandy (1905), Captain June (1907), The Honorable Percival (1914), Calvary Alley (1917), Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories (1918) and Quin (1921). This is so far my favorite of Alice Hegan Rice's books. It's a gentle, country love-story, concerning a boy becoming a man and winning the girl he loves. Very sweet and pleasant little story.
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- Bookseller
- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5561-92121
- Title
- Calvary Alley
- Author
- Alice Hegan Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to PoorNo DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Unstated, Presumed 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- October, 1917
- Pages
- 413
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Historical Romance
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