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Edmund
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Wilsons
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Memoi:rs of
eoate
County
THIS IS
Ihe book Ihat became a
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"use
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the U.S. Supreme Court, where
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cilebre
when it was first published thirteen
Ihe ban IVas upheld by a 4-4 decision, with
years ago.
one abstention. This gave New York the
As a major work of fiction by America's
strange dislinction of being
Ih~
only slate
leading crilic il created a sensalion in
Iit-
of the Union to forbid Ihe sale of the book.
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erary circles. Beyond Ihal, its frankness
It is available in England. In 1952 a
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made it Ihe most lalked-about, argued-
shipment of the British edition
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seized
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about book of the decade.
by U.S. customs, but the case was won by
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As
Time
magazine reported on the
the defendant, and the book was therefore
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book's first appearance: "Such civilized
cleared by the Commissioner of Customs.
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writing and observation are rare in the U.S.
Now Edmund Wilson has polished and
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nowadays, and on its merits
Memoirs of
perfected this devastating porlrayal of Ibe
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Hecate
COUI!I)'
is preuy certainly the best
waspish women of suburbia. He describes
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contemporary chronicle, so far, of ils place
il as "my favorite among my books." After
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and period."
12 years, we are proud to make this im-
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The book was banned in NewYork State
portanI work once again available to you,
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and Ihe case was fought through.the.,!ower
Ihe American reader.
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$6.0fJ. An I••
C.l'nge
book.
Di,'ril"IIed
by
f:4RRAR, STRAUS
&
f:UD,fHY
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NOI/or,nleinN_YorkS'a'e.
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