Description: Finally finished by writer Marion Mainwaring, Edith Wharton's timeless story is as riveting today as any written in her own time. Set in the 1870s, The Buccaneers is about five wealthy American girls whose money is too "new" to get them into society.
Review Quotes: Praise for The Buccaneers
"Brave, lively, engaging...a fairy-tale novel, miraculouly returned to life."--The New York Times Book Review "The Buccaneers brilliantly showcases Wharton near the top of her form."--Chicago Tribune"Mainwaring has added gloss to the story's original elegance and wit, and the novel emerges like a master's painting from the hands of a highly skilled restorer."--Leon Edel, author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Henry James: A Life
"Mainwaring's version of The Buccaneers is a tour de force....[She] deserves high marks for her ingenuity, novelistic skill, and critical intelligence."--USA Today
"A sense of unobtrusive accuracy of tone and detail prevails throughout Ms. Mainwaring's [writing]....It's hard to imagine a better writer equipped to take on Edith Wharton."--The Wall Street Journal