The Quaker City, or, The monks of Monk Hall
Subtitle: a romance of Philadelphia life, mystery, and crime
By: George Lippard ; edited, with introduction and notes by David S. Reynolds.
Contributors: Reynolds, David S., 1948-
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 582
Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction.
Other titles: Quaker City; Monks of Monk Hall
Description: America's best-selling novel in its time, The Quaker City, published in 1845, is a sensational expose of social corruption, personal debauchery, and the sexual exploitation of women in antebellum Philadelphia. This new edition, with an introduction by David S. Reynolds, brings back into print this important work by George Lippard (1822-1854), a journalist, freethinker, and labor and social reformer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [579]-582).