The Aristocrat Author:Conrad Richter From the back cover, paraphrasing The NYT Book Review: The portrait of a Pennsylvania lady, the octogenarian Miss Alexandria Morley and her lifelong fight against the cheap and mediocre forces that threaten her world. Her weapons are wit and a certain obstinacy of principle. Her story is told by the fourteen-year-old distant relative she brin... more »gs into the home because 'she wants a man in the house at night.' Miss Morley is a salty character; her story is told with theatrical tour de force.« less