Wickford Point

Name: Wickford Point
Author: John P. Marquand

by John P. Marquand

Novel of a decaying New England family and their attempt to preserve social standing

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John P. Marquand

John P. Marquand was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of Boston Brahmin society who combined social satire with nostalgic portraiture. His H.M. Pulham Esquire and The Late George Apley are precise anatomies of New England gentility.

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