Linwoods - Or, &quote;Sixty Years Since&quote; in America in Two Volumes - Vol. I

This is volume I of Catharine Maria Sedgwick''s 1835 historical romance "The Linwoods; or Sixty Years Since in America". Set during the American Revolution, it uses day-to-day city life to explore the American character, defined by its relationship with Britain and France. The novel also investigates the battle between Old World conceptions of class and the contemporary reality of American democra...