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A well-behaved woman, a novel of the Vanderbilts, Therese Anne Fowler

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A well-behaved woman, a novel of the Vanderbilts, Therese Anne Fowler

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eng

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fiction

Main title

A well-behaved woman

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Therese Anne Fowler

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a novel of the Vanderbilts

Summary

"Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America?s great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York?s old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built nine mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement. With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, in A Well-Behaved Woman Therese Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted against desperate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. Meet Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, living proof that history is made by those who know the rules?and how to break them."--Amazon.com

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