CRAIK, DINAH MARIA MULOCK [1826-1887] — John Halifax, Gentleman

London, Thomas Nelson Son. 0, Reprint. Leather Style Binding. Book, " John Halifax is an orphan, determined to make his success through honest hard work. He becomes an apprentice to Abel Flecher, a tanner and a Quaker, and is soon befriended by Abel's invalid son, Phineas, who chronicles John's success in business and love, rising from the humblest of origins to the pinnacle of wealth made possible by England's Industrial Revolution. Dinah Maria Mulock Craik explores the sweeping transformation wrought by this revolutionary technological age, including the rise of the middle class and its impact on the social, economic, and political makeup of the nation as it moved from the eighteenth to the nineteenth centuryAttractive pocket sized hardcover in blue leather look cover, gilt title on spine.Undated reprint.537p. Fine.