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Democracy

by Henry Brooks Adams

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Published anonymously in 1880 by Henry Holt and Company, Democracy: An American Novel was the secret work of Henry Adams (1838-1918), the historian whose grandfather and great-grandfather had both occupied the White House. The story follows Madeleine Lee, a wealthy young widow who moves to Washington to study political power at its source and finds herself courted by Senator Silas Ratcliffe, a man whose corruption is matched only by his plausibility, a figure readers linked to James G. Blaine. The novel sold widely in America and Britain while guessing its author became a society game; the publisher revealed Adams's hand only after his death. It remains one of the sharpest fictional portraits of Gilded Age Washington.

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Henry Brooks Adams

Henry Brooks Adams was an American historian, novelist, essayist, and autobiographer whose writing tested political ideals against modern power. Democracy, also issued as Democracy: An American Novel, first appeared anonymously in 1880 and follows Madeleine Lee as her search for political understanding exposes Washington intrigue and corruption.

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First published
1880
Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
154
Language
English
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