★★½
GENRE: Historical Fiction
SUBJECT: society standards, nouveau riche
Setting: Newport, RI
CHARACTERS: Sam Driver, Jenny Driver, Prince Molloy, Bill Brady, Mozart, Harry Lehr
DATE READ: September 18 - September 25
NO. OF PAGES: 480
Off the Shelf (pre-2013)? Source?: yes, Audio stockpile
PLOT:....................................................................3.00
CHARACTERIZATION:.......................................2.50
TOPICS: ...............................................................2.50
STYLE:..................................................................3.00
ORIGINALITY:.......................................................2.50
ADDICTIVENESS:..............................................2.00
OWNERSHIP:......................................................2.00
Threshold Quality.................................................2.50
Average..............................................................................................2.50
This was the story of Sam Driver and his daughter Jenny. Sam was a railroad baron who worked his way to being a millionaire at the turn of the century and ten set out to get his daughter accepted in polite society in Newport.
I thought this book would be a little bit better because John Jakes is known for his historical novels, but the characters were stereotypical and the story predictable.
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