About this Item
First printing, full number line. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page after the front endpaper: "Mark Helprin." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $27.95); a "Signed Copy" sticker on the front panel; some edgewear and creasing; Brodart protected. Seller Inventory # 001724
Bibliographic Details
Title: Freddy and Fredericka: A Novel
Publisher: Penguin Press, New York
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good +
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Helprin's theme is nobility--acquired, as well as innate. He puts the spoiled but well-meaning Prince and Princess through a series of farcical trials before they reach the startling conclusion that clean living, hard work, and humility will bring out the best in them. The "funny" parts of Freddy and Fredericka would have benefited from vigorous pruning--the book itself is too long--but there are stirring passages on love and duty sprinkled among the gags and loopy names, and some spectacular landscape descriptions--covert portraits of the force that drives the green fuse through the flower and gives the House of Windsor its curious destiny. --Regina Marler
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