01724cam a22003493u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000029001122450033001412640051001743000047002253360026002723370026002983380036003245000095003605000031004555080057004865200614005435340045011576530022012026530022012246530033012466530027012796530026013068560042013322815UtSlPG20260610133103.0mcr n260607r2001||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aAdams, Henry,d1838-191810aDemocracy, an American novel 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2001  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy:_An_American_Novel  aRelease date is 2001-09-01  aProduced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger  a"Democracy, an American novel" by Henry Adams is a political novel published anonymously in 1880. Madeleine Lee, a wealthy New York widow seeking purpose, moves to Washington to understand political power. Her salon attracts influential men, including Senator Silas Ratcliffe, who courts her while pursuing his presidential ambitions. As Madeleine peers behind the curtain of American democracy, she discovers a world of corruption, pragmatism, and moral compromise that challenges her ideals about governance and forces her to choose between power and principle. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aWidows -- Fiction  aPolitical fiction  aWashington (D.C.) -- Fiction  aLegislators -- Fiction  aSocialites -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2815