The Late George Apley

Sweeping readers into the inner sanctum of high society, The Late George Apley opens the doors to the Beacon Hill townhouses and exclusive private clubs where only the city's wealthiest and most powerful congregate. Through the story of one deeply entrenched family and its recently deceased patriarch, George Apley, the novel presents a brilliant, gently satirical portrait of an entire society in transition.

Moving gracefully from the opulence of the Gilded Age to the stark realities of the Great Depression, the story projects George Apley’s world with quiet drama. It subtly reveals a life in which immense status and accomplishment mask hidden disappointments and regrets—a life of extreme, enviable privilege that is nonetheless imperfect. John P. Marquand's masterpiece won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and remains a timeless, witty classic of American literature.