false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178677969m/821176.jpg 821176 23 Published in 1896, <i>The Damnation of Theron Ware or Illumination</i> is a profound psychological portrait of the spiritual undoing of a guileless Methodist minister who is taken in by a rural townspeople&#8217;s various progressive ideas, from liberalism to bohemianism, only to be spurned by them for being too conventional. Described by Everett Carter as &#8220;among the four or five best novels written by an American during the nineteenth century,&#8221; the novel, as Joyce Carol Oates writes in her Introduction, has &#8220;shrewd, disturbing insights into the human pysche.&#8221; <br><br>This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the authoritative Harold Frederic Edition. 807009 7 1 1960 The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination (Penguin Classics) total:130|5:28|4:48|3:31|2:17|1:6| 130 465 178 24 4 0 false false Wed Jul 30 20:26:03 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 01:06:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 03 18:51:32 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 18:54:21 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 14:08:24 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 14:21:04 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Jun 16 01:05:02 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 03:34:12 -0700 2008
The plot is relatively simpl...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 19:21:51 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 14:05:43 -0700 2009 I found most of the book to be tiresome and slow. Yet, I really enjoyed Alice's character and the well-written ending almost won me over, but it's not enough. ]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 10 12:46:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:47:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Wed Aug 12 09:24:44 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 09:25:34 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Apr 07 07:05:33 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 07 11:43:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jun 02 10:47:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 10:49:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Fri Jun 20 09:00:43 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 09:00:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 20:00:35 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 14:01:56 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1977 Mon Sep 08 21:34:57 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 21:39:26 -0700 2008 Frederic wrote perhaps the greatest American novel of the "Gilded Age," but because he died shortly thereafter and never wrote another strong book, he is largely forgotten. Too bad: this is a fun read and a real insight into the period.]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 19 11:48:05 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 11:48:05 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jul 16 13:04:14 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 13:09:32 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat Feb 10 14:50:36 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 10 14:51:52 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Fri May 09 12:59:19 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 12:59:44 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 29 17:51:47 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 17:53:15 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 05 13:34:19 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 19 09:14:13 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Mar 21 13:48:05 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 21 13:52:51 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Thu Nov 01 22:46:01 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 22:46:37 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=821176