Barbara J. (Nugget) reviewed on + 66 more book reviews
Sweeping the reader into the inner sanctum of Boston soociet y into the Beacon Hill town houses and exclusive private clubs whee only the city's wealthies and most powerful congregate, this novel gives us--through the story of one family and its patriach, the recently deceased George Apley--the portrait of an entire society in transition. The novel goes from the Golden Age to the Great Depression.
