Rush C. Hawkins / Rush CHawkins
Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Donde los libros
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
A sharp, witty beacon from late nineteenth-century America, Better Than Men turns gender, class, and power on their heads with a sly, indignant grin. It reads with the energy of today and the discipline of yesterday, a public domain fiction that still speaks with a fresh, excavating force.This classic american novel pairs sparkling satire with a keen social conscience, offering a compact study in the era’s industrial fever and its discontents. Its pages illuminate the lives, ambitions, and anxieties of a society at a tipping point, where gender roles are questioned, money talks loudly, and opportunity flickers just beyond reach. For advanced readers and curious minds alike, the book rewards patient reading with layered character portraits and a clear-eyed critique of class and status, all rendered in a voice that feels both broadcast and intimate. An illustrated edition invites renewed engagement, while its historical literary analysis invites serious study without losing the humour that makes it enduringly appealing.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint, it is a collector’s item and a cultural treasure, a passport to a pivotal moment in American literary history and a vivid invitation to explore public domain fiction with fresh eyes. Suitable for casual readers and classic-literature collectors seeking a timeless, study-guide-ready work.
