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Sinister Street, vol. 1

Sinister Street, vol. 1

by MacKenzie, Compton, 1883-1972

BookID: 33797

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

BildungsromansIllegitimate children -- FictionEngland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Description

"Sinister Street, vol. 1" by Compton Mackenzie is a novel published in 1913. This coming-of-age story follows Michael Fane and his sister Stella, two children born out of wedlock to wealthy parents in an era when such circumstances carried deep social stigma. The novel traces Michael's development from a precocious boy through his experiences at prep school and Oxford, capturing the texture of early twentieth-century English life with lavish detail and unflinching confidence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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