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This is a searing portrait of the downfall of a slow-minded dentist and his avaricious wife which embodies the author's powerful insights into conflicting forces of heredity and social conditioning.
adrieneelizabeth, January 1, 2011 (view all comments by adrieneelizabeth)
Even though this is a novel because it was written and set at the turn of the 20th century the reader gets an idea of what life was probably really like at this time in San Francisco. Super engaging story and characters, definitely a page turner.
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by Gardners,
This is a searing portrait of the downfall of a slow-minded dentist and his avaricious wife which embodies the author's powerful insights into conflicting forces of heredity and social conditioning.
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