The Olive Higgins Prouty Omnibus
Author | : Olive Higgins Prouty |
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ISBN | : 9781515449430 |
Author | : Olive Higgins Prouty |
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Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2020-12-07 |
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ISBN | : 9781515449423 |
From the author of Now, Voyager. Included in this mammoth omnibus edition are Bobbie: General Manager, The Fifth Wheel, and Stella Dallas. This book will quickly become one of your favorites and provide you with hours and hours of reading enjoyment. Bobbie: General Manager is a perfectly enjoyable glimpse into the life of an upper middle-class teen age girl whose family has begun to struggle during the Gilded Age. At once funny, honest, and very well written. The Fifth Wheel follows Bobbie's sister Ruth as she navigates her way into young adulthood. Faced with the usual life choices of a young women of her time in her place she finds herself questioning the options she has and not wanting to be little more than a fifth wheel in her own life. Stella Dallas a pretty working class girl decides she wants more out of life than drudgery and work. She sets her sights on marry rich and she manages it. But she soon finds that marrying a rich man and keeping him are not the same things. Course and vulgar by upper class standards she is unable to bridge the cultural divide that separates them. When Stella and her husband inevitably divorce she shifts her ambitions to her daughter. But can she be any more successful at helping her daughter fit into that world than she was herself? Stella Dallas has captivated audiences since it first appeared. It has been successfully adapted three times for the screen and once as a radio play and is credited with creating the modern soap opera. Barbara Stanwyck garnered an Oscar nomination for playing the title role.
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Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 1915 |
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Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : American literature |
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Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Periodicals |
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Author | : Christopher Morley |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2023-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9359328715 |
Christopher Morley's story "Parnassus on Wheels" is a joy. Helen McGill, a middle-aged spinster, has spent her life caring for her brother Andrew and their lucrative traveling bookshop known as "Parnassus." This book is classified as historical fiction, and it is a brilliant collection of ideas compacted into a single draft for readers of all ages to read. With an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of "Parnassus on Wheels" is both current and legible. She, on the other hand, yearns for adventure and freedom. Helen's life takes an unexpected turn when Roger Mifflin, an interesting and strange story salesman, appears at her door with an offer to buy Parnassus. Fearing that her brother is wasting his life on the road, Helen decides to sell the bookstore and embark on her own creative trip. As she meets new people and navigates the world of bookselling, she rapidly realizes that living on the road can be both exciting and challenging. Helen and Roger form an unusual and touching friendship as they travel together, discovering not only literary delights but additionally the joys of company.
Author | : Los Angeles County Public Library |
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Total Pages | : 1364 |
Release | : 1926 |
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Total Pages | : 660 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : American literature |
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Author | : Olive Higgins Prouty |
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Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : Boston (Mass.) |
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"Marriage and society in upper middle class Boston." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation
Author | : Robert Merritt Orton |
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Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1947 |
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