Society
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McEvoy, J.P. Society. Advance Review Copy. 1931. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in good plus condition—jacket is still bright and attractive but shows a few small chips and a tear.
Is society too serious to be taken lightly, or too light to be taken seriously? That is the central question of this scarce novel about café society. The plot unfolds through letters, telegrams, menus, court records, and gossip columns as the heroine, a Hollywood actress from Brooklyn, weds the playboy scion of a Four Hundred family but comes to realize she married beneath her. Their marriage dies, but the Jazz Age comes alive, as the couple travel between California, New York, and the South of France—with a cameo by Elsie de Wolfe. A gem.
Is society too serious to be taken lightly, or too light to be taken seriously? That is the central question of this scarce novel about café society. The plot unfolds through letters, telegrams, menus, court records, and gossip columns as the heroine, a Hollywood actress from Brooklyn, weds the playboy scion of a Four Hundred family but comes to realize she married beneath her. Their marriage dies, but the Jazz Age comes alive, as the couple travel between California, New York, and the South of France—with a cameo by Elsie de Wolfe. A gem.
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