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The Metropolis
Upton Sinclair
Book Overview:
Allan Montague, a lawyer of thirty, moves to New York City from Mississippi, along with his mother and cousin Alice, to join his younger brother Oliver, who had moved to the city few years before. Allan discover that Oliver has become a member of a fast-paced social circuit comprising some of the most powerful members of the business class. Oliver introduces Allan to this exclusive group hoping that it will help Allan’s business. Sinclair describes the party life of the very rich, who spend vast sums of money on entertainment and new toys. Expensive cars, private trains, dinners attended by liveried servants, clothing costing thousands of dollars are described with attention to the enormous cost of it all. The author describing the alcoholism, marital affairs, malicious gossip, backstabbing, and shallow values of the wealthy of this Society.
Allan Montague, a lawyer of thirty, moves to New York City from Mississippi, along with his mother and cousin Alice, to join his younger brother Oliver, who had moved to the city few years before. Allan discover that Oliver has become a member of a fast-paced social circuit comprising some of the most powerful members of the business class. Oliver introduces Allan to this exclusive group hoping that it will help Allan’s business. Sinclair describes the party life of the very rich, who spend vast sums of money on entertainment and new toys. Expensive cars, private trains, dinners attended by liveried servants, clothing costing thousands of dollars are described with attention to the enormous cost of it all. The author describing the alcoholism, marital affairs, malicious gossip, backstabbing, and shallow values of the wealthy of this Society.
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So Montague made the discovery that the great Mrs. Billy, though. forbidding of aspect, was good-natured when she chose to be, and with a pretty wit. She was a woman with a mind of her own—a hard-fighting character, who had marshalled those about her, and taken her place at the head of the column. She had always counted herself a personage enough to do exactly as she pleased; through the course of the dinner she would take up the decanter of Scotch, and make a pass to help Montague—and then, when he declined, pour out imperturbably what she wanted. "I don't like your brother," she said to him, a little later. "He won't last; but he tells me you're different, so maybe I will like you. Come and see me sometime, and let me tell you what not to do in New York."
Then Montague turned to talk with his hostess, who sat on his right.
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Community Reviews
Now before I begin, let me preface my review by saying that I loved "The Jungle". There was so many things to enjoy about that novel, aside from what it did for the meat packing industry. There was a real story there, characters you could relate with, or, at the very least, feel sorry for and hope t
Sinclair a fost un activist politic care a militat puternic pentru deconspirarea corupției din guvern și afacerile începutului de secol XX, a luptat pentru îmbunătățirea condițiilor de muncă a claselor mai puțin favorizate și a ironizat fățiș falsa poleială a înaltei societăți americane. Întreaga sa
I am a big fan of Upton Sinclair, and this book has all you would expect. But it’s not quite as good as The Jungle, Flivver King, Oil or King Coal. It manages to hit the notes, but perhaps descriptions of opulent dresses, diamond encrusted shaving kits and palatial homes were never going to be as co
The Metropolis was intended to be part of a trilogy, and if one read another part first, it isn't clear as a reader until one reads Brass Check when he mentions something about this one. It's still unclear after reading The Moneychangers if he ever did write the third part.
This work introduces the M
If you like Upton Sinclair you'll likely enjoy this as well. That said, it does get rather tedious in the on-going portrayal of the excesses of 'Society' in NY during the 20th Century...
Perhaps a bit too long...more