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Description edit
The first of William Morris's great fantasies, The Glittering Plain set the style for such later works as The Wood Beyond the World, The Well at World's End, and The Water of the Wondrous Isles. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Frank Algernon Cowperwood: "a man of thirty-six - suave, steady, incisive, with eyes as fine as those of a Newfoundland or a Collie and as innocent and winsome. . . ruthless after (his) fashion, avid of a physical life; . . . (he) had no sense of fear."
- Aileen: Add a description of this character.
- Stephanie Platow
- Addison
- Mrs. Carter
- Lynde
- Rita Sohlberg
- Mr. Sluss
- Van Sickle
- Berenice Fleming
- Mr. Gilgan
- Mr. Schryhart
- Laughlin
- Mrs. Hand
- Mr. Kerrigan
- Mr. Stackpole
- Macdonald
- Antoinette Nowak
- Mckibben
- Alderman Tiernan
- Mrs. Merrill
- Braxmar
- Harold
- Mr. Ameel
- Pinski
- Arneel
- Swanson
- Mrs. Simms
- Mrs. Brandon
- Mr. Rambaud
- Kaffrath
- Gardner Knowles
Setting & Locations edit
- North Chicago
- New York
- Philadelphia
- Louisville
- Schryhart
- West Sides
- North Side
- London
- Europe
- Springfield
- Illinois
- Haguenin
- Paris
- South Side
- America
- Hyde Park
- Fargo
- Lake View
- Bliss Bridge
- City Hall
- Washington
- Richelieu
- Kentucky
- Pocono
- Rome
- West Chicago
- Italy
- Heaven
- Pittsburg
- Lake City
- Pennsylvania
- Northwest
First Sentence edit
WHEN Frank Algernon Cowperwood emerged from the Eastern District Penitentiary in Philadelphia he realized that the old life he had lived in that city since boyhood was ended.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in Trilogy of Desire. (standard series)
Preceded by The Financier, and followed by The Stoic.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Theodore Dreiser (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
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