Martie the Unconquered By Kathleen Thompson Norris Martie's problems are those of thousands of women--"She wanted to live." The novel tells how Martie revolted from subjection under her father and married a third rate actor. After varying fortunes her husband dies and she takes her little son home. Here again she finds herself in conflict with her narrow minded father and, after rejecting the sincere love of a man because he was divorced and she a Catholic, she goes to New York and finds a peaceful joy in earning her living ...
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Martie the Unconquered By Kathleen Thompson Norris Martie's problems are those of thousands of women--"She wanted to live." The novel tells how Martie revolted from subjection under her father and married a third rate actor. After varying fortunes her husband dies and she takes her little son home. Here again she finds herself in conflict with her narrow minded father and, after rejecting the sincere love of a man because he was divorced and she a Catholic, she goes to New York and finds a peaceful joy in earning her living. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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Charles E. Chambers. Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED AND BUMPED, RED CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT LETTERING, A CRISP AND CLEAN FIRST EDITION!
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Charles E. Chambers, Illustrator. Very Good+ No Dustjacket. Book Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co., 1917. First Edition. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Charles E. Chambers, Illustrator. Clean red cloth boards with Gilt and black decorative title box on cover, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Color frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. (5 illustrations total). Pages and edges are clean. 376 pgs. 8vo. Fiction.
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Very Good. Book VG-First Edition in red cloth boards with black and gold designs. Light rubbing to corners, tight, all text pages VG, no foxing, color frontis with tissue guard, 4 b&w plates in text by Charles E. Chambers. Previous owner's name and date on endpapers. 5.5" by 7.5", 376 pages.