num_pages: 307
description: Presents the story of the Wapshot inheritance, from the early twentieth century to the 1960s, as succeeding generations of Wapshots grapple with upper-class greed, pitiful lust, and intellectual amorality
language: English
title: The Wapshot Chronicle
titlecomplete: The Wapshot Chronicle
characters: Moses Wapshot, Leander Wapshot, Coverly Wapshot
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Literature, Classics, Novels, Adult Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 7219
places: Massachusetts, St. Botolphs, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: -378662400000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage