It is a picaresque story of a heroine born a “love child” in a rural setting and raised in comfort and seeming affection, graced with good looks, intelligence, and an innate nobility, who is thrown out on an uncaring society to sink or swim. Her fall before her rise is into prostitution. Her rise as a Broadway star, by means of her will, pride and determination, and trust in herself, causes her to reject dependence on any man. Along with the documented oppression of women, readers will find clear statements of feminist ideas ranging from the economic to the personal.
A permanently valuable study and a classic of social realism, Susan Lenox richly deserves a new reading today for its contribution to an understanding of the life of women in our society.
It is a picaresque story of a heroine born a “love child” in a rural setting and raised in comfort and seeming affection, graced with good looks, intelligence, and an innate nobility, who is thrown out on an uncaring society to sink or swim. Her fall before her rise is into prostitution. Her rise as a Broadway star, by means of her will, pride and determination, and trust in herself, causes her to reject dependence on any man. Along with the documented oppression of women, readers will find clear statements of feminist ideas ranging from the economic to the personal.
A permanently valuable study and a classic of social realism, Susan Lenox richly deserves a new reading today for its contribution to an understanding of the life of women in our society.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
596Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
596Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781490324296 |
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Publisher: | CreateSpace Publishing |
Publication date: | 06/01/2013 |
Pages: | 596 |
Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.32(d) |