James Stuart, a Southerner, becomes a successful attorney in New York City.[2] Meanwhile, Nan Primrose, his childhood lover marries his college friend, John C. Calhoun Bivens, now a millionnaire lawyer.[2] At the same time, Dr Henry Woodman takes care of the poor in New York, and opposes the takeover of a drug company by Bivens.[2] Stuart eventually marries his daughter.[2] When Woodman steals some jewelry from Bivens, he goes through a trial but is acquitted by the judges thanks to his good deeds.[2]
Main themeedit
Biographer Anthony Slide viewed the book as an 'attack on capitalism.'[2]
Critical receptionedit
Slide called it 'a novel for today and for all ages.'[2] It has also been called 'a novel with a purpose'[3]
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