The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Waterworks

Doctorow, E. L. The Waterworks. New York: Random House, 1994.
Type
book
Genre
novel
Abstract

This historical novel of 1870s New York City briefly mentions Pfaff's bar. The narrator of the novel refers to "Pfaff's saloon on Broadway" and says that "The raucous good humor there seemed to me callow" (198).

People Mentioned in this Work
Pfaff, Charles [pages: 198]

Pfaff's bar is briefly mentioned in this historical novel about 1870s New York City as a place whose "raucous good humor" seems "callow" to the narrator (198).