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False Dawn

(1924)
(The first book in the Old New York series)
A Story by Edith Wharton

Set in the New York of the 1840's, this story is concerned with a rich and domineering father who sends his intimidated son on the "Grand Tour" of Europe, with instructions to buy paintings by fashionable artists.

Genre: Literary Fiction

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