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Description edit
Also published as "An Unpardonable Crime"
Interweaving real and fictional elements, The American Boy is a major new literary historical crime novel in the tradition of An Instance of the Fingerpost and Possession.
England 1819: Thomas Shield, a new master at a school just outside... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Thomas Shield: Narrator and central character working as a junior usher (teacher) at a boys' school named Manor House School
- Sophia Frant: mother of one of the boys at the school
- Reverend Bransby: Director of Manor House School where Thomas works
- Edgar Allan: An adopted American boy who attends Manor House School
- Mrs. Reynolds: Thomas' aunt - former housekeeper for Rev. Bransby who recommends Thomas for position
- Edward Dansey: Senior Usher at Manor House School
- Mr. Rowsell: Mrs. Reynolds' attorney
- Mrs. Jem: A neighbor of Mrs. Reynolds
- Charles Augustus Frant: Student at Manor House School - good friends with Edgar Allan
- Henry Frant: Husband of Sophie, father of Charles
First Sentence edit
We owe respect to the living, Voltaire tells us in his Premiere Lettre sur Oedipe, but to the dead we owe only truth.
Table of Contents edit
The Wavenhoe Family, 1819
The Narrative of Thomas Shield, 1819-20
Appendix, 1862
A Historical Note on Edgar Allan Poe
Authors & Contributors edit
- Andrew Taylor (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Flamingo
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: July 7, 2003
ISBN: 000710961X
Page Count: 496
Publisher: Flamingo
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: July 7, 2003
ISBN: 000710961X
Page Count: 496
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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