Project Gutenberg 2018-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 227 Lippard, George 1822 1854 New York: Its Upper Ten and Lower Million Produced by Clare Graham and Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.) "New York: Its Upper Ten and Lower Million" by George Lippard is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative dives into the contrasting lives of wealth and poverty in New York City, leading the reader through the tumultuous tale of the Van Huyden family. Central to the story are characters such as Gulian Van Huyden, his brother Charles, and a mysterious child that intertwines their fates. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to a dark Christmas Eve in 1823, marking a significant turning point for the Van Huyden family, steeped in jealousy and despair. Gulian Van Huyden, the family's wealthy patriarch, hosts a banquet while a tragedy unfolds simultaneously—a secret adoption of a newborn child by a struggling mechanic and his wife. The narrative hints at dramatic events to unfold over the next twenty-one years, including Gulian’s suicide and the enigmatic life that awaits the mysterious child and the ensuing search for heirs, underscoring themes of wealth, morality, and social disparity in a rapidly changing society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 1199319 2025-09-23T06:06:18.702242 text/html 1220108 2018-08-27T14:28:32 text/html 645635 2025-09-23T06:06:30.964669 application/epub+zip 663461 2025-09-23T06:06:20.106235 application/epub+zip 537118 2025-09-23T06:06:19.410237 application/epub+zip 982181 2025-09-23T06:06:39.271627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 935457 2025-09-23T06:06:30.259740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 809553 2022-09-26T06:45:02.645791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1128137 2025-09-23T06:06:15.272228 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1128394 2018-08-27T14:28:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18358 2025-09-23T06:06:39.406686 application/rdf+xml 17917 2025-09-23T06:06:19.530201 image/jpeg 2781 2025-09-23T06:06:19.471212 image/jpeg 429691 2018-08-27T14:30:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 624200 2018-08-27T14:30:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 622913 2025-09-23T06:06:18.798246 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia