Peter (novel)
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| Author | Francis Hopkinson Smith |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Arthur I. Keller |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Set in | New York |
| Published | 1908 by Charles Scribner's Sons |
Publication date | August 29, 1908[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 482 pp[2] |
| OCLC | 6209999 |
| 813.49 | |
| LC Class | PZ3.S647 |
Peter: A Novel Of Which He Is Not The Hero is a novel published in 1908 by Francis Hopkinson Smith, which was the sixth best selling book in the United States in 1908, and ninth best-selling book of 1909.[3] It sold in excess of 100,000 copies.[4]
The book is set in New York City, but the New York of a few decades prior to 1908 when the book was released. Peter Grayson is an aging banker of the old school; an upstanding and cultured gentleman, and not prone to engage in speculation. Peter also influences the younger generation around him, including a young man who comes to New York to work in the financial world.