title: A Long and Happy Life: A Novel
author:  Reynolds Price 
description: " A moment of truth that is art . " -- <i>The New York Times,</i> 1962<br /><br />"Reynolds Price is the most impressive new writer I've come across in a long time. His is a first-rate talent and we are lucky that he has started so young to write so well. Here is a fine novel."<br /> --Eudora Welty<br /><br />Few writers have made as dramatic an entrance on the American literary stage as Mr. Price.<b>William Grimes, <i>New York Times</i>, 2011</b>
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  Table of Contents
  
  
    
  
  
  [Title Page](port_9781101444511_oeb_tp_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](port_9781101444511_oeb_cop_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [Dedication](port_9781101444511_oeb_ded_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [Introduction](port_9781101444511_oeb_itr_r1.xhtml)
  
  
    
  
  
  [CHAPTER ONE - The Price of Things](port_9781101444511_oeb_c01_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [CHAPTER TWO - The Price of Life](port_9781101444511_oeb_c02_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [CHAPTER THREE - The Price of Happiness](port_9781101444511_oeb_c03_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [CHAPTER FOUR - The Price of Women](port_9781101444511_oeb_c04_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [CHAPTER FIVE - The Price of Work](port_9781101444511_oeb_c05_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [CHAPTER SIX - The Price of Free](port_9781101444511_oeb_c06_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [CHAPTER SEVEN - The Price of Culture](port_9781101444511_oeb_c07_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [CHAPTER EIGHT - The Price of Faith](port_9781101444511_oeb_c08_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [CHAPTER NINE - The Price of the Future](port_9781101444511_oeb_c09_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [EPILOGUE -