About this title: THE SPOILS OF POYNTON is a complex novel that describes the struggle between a mother and her son over a substantial inheritance that involves not only money and property but an important art collection. The narrative focus is on Fleda Vetch, who is in love with Owen Gereth, the putative heir, and who must cope not only with Owen's greedy, scheming mother but with a rival for his affections who is equally materialistic. The gentle Flora is defeated in the end by forces more ruthless and vindictive than she.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and company, Boston and New York
Date Published: 1896
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 1 p.l., 323 p. 20 cm. Originally appeared in the Atlantic monthly from April to Oct. 1896 under the title: The old things. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1924
Description: Fair in Fair jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Type: Ex Library Cover and pages clean. some edge/corner wear. binding secure. dust jacket clean. lots of library insignia inside and out. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1924
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780140019223ISBN:0140019227
Description: Good. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Paperback in Good Used Condition. Cover is clean and bright, worn on edges. Lower edge of text block has marks. smudging. Pages are clean and unmarked. This story opens with some of the triviality of a Victorian drawing-room comedy, and deepens into a perceptive study of good and evil and culminates in unexpected poetic justice. read more
Description: Good. 0140432884 Small crease bottom right corner. Some tanning of the outside pages. fast shipping. Thank you for browsing our selections. read more
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