{"product_id":"troy-chimneys-paperback","title":"Troy Chimneys - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A rebuttal to the civilized romance of Pride and Prejudice . . . The bite of sadness at the end of this surprising novel leaves a deeper gash than one expects from a book of such impeccable manners . . . Truly original.\" --Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Regency romance turned on its head: \"Tense, touching, human, dire, and funny.\" --Elizabeth Bowen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1953, \u003ci\u003eTroy Chimneys\u003c\/i\u003e masquerades as the private memoirs of Miles Lufton, a minor politician in Regency England. Lufton--wry, worldly, and self-deprecating--recounts the struggle between two selves: the man of feeling and the ruthless social climber. As he maneuvers his way into love and power, the duel between his personalities threatens to undo him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKennedy's ingenious construction--an epistolary pastiche of letters, journals, and \"found\" documents--makes the reader both detective and confidant. The result is a tragicomic confession, a novel of manners with Austenian wit, but one that refuses Austen's consolations. For as Anita Brookner observed, in Kennedy's late style \"virtue does not triumph, patience is not rewarded, people do not receive their just deserts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once playful and penetrating, satirical and poignant, \u003ci\u003eTroy Chimneys\u003c\/i\u003e is both a brilliant recreation of Regency style and a modern exploration of ambition, duplicity, and moral compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.43 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43612769583193,"sku":"9781946022301","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/jwWC04iuFT9781946022301.webp?v=1783605320","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/troy-chimneys-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}