Doré Baxter arrives in New York determined to live on her own terms, armed with beauty, wit and an appetite for excitement. She collects admirers among bankers, artists and men about town, accepting their dinners and attention while trusting herself to walk through the flames unburned, like the salamander of legend.
A bold, much-discussed portrait of a new kind of independent young woman, by the author of Stover at Yale. Download the free EPUB.