Historical Fiction

Quaker City

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  • 1845 first published
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George Lippard's Quaker City (1845) is a historical fiction novel.

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About Quaker City

The Quaker City, or The Monks of Monk Hall was originally published in 1845, and is considered the first muckraking novel. It is a lurid and thickly plotted exposé of city life in antebellum Philadelphia, exposing the hypocrisy of the Philadelphia elite as well as the darker underside of American capitalism and urbanization. Lippard's Philadelphia is populated with parsimonious bankers, foppish drunkards, adulterers, sadistic murderers, reverend rakes, and confidence men. - Summary by the Narrator
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Who wrote Quaker City?

Quaker City was written by George Lippard and first published in 1845.

What genre is Quaker City?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction.

Is there a free audiobook of Quaker City?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 27 h 22 min.

What books are similar to Quaker City?

Readers who like it often enjoy Wuthering Heights, A Christmas Carol and Little Women.

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