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Ladies Must Live (Paperback)
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Ladies Must Live (Paperback)
Series: Mint Editions
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Loot Price R136
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Ladies Must Live (1917) is a novel by Alice Duer Miller. Inspired
by her work as an activist for women's rights, Miller presents a
romantic comedy exploring the effects of class and gender on love,
friendship, and work. Adapted for theater and film, Ladies Must
Live is a charming novel from a writer whose reputation as a
popular poet should extend to her fiction as well. "Certain human
beings are admitted to have a genius for discrimination in such
matters as objects of art, pigs or stocks. Mrs. Ussher had this
same instinct in regard to fashion, especially where fashions in
people were concerned. She turned toward hidden social availability
very much as the douser's hazel wand turns toward the hidden
spring. When she crossed the room to speak to some woman after
dinner, whatever that woman's social position might formerly have
been, you could be sure that at present she was on the upward
wing." At a gathering of prominent socialites, a story of ambition
and romance emerges. While Christine longs to marry the
soon-to-be-divorced Ralph, she finds herself in competition with
Nancy, a woman she detests. As the night goes on, discussions over
wealth, women's rights, and politics turn heated, engagements are
made and broken, and a tragic event changes hearts and minds
forever. Ladies Must Live is both a romantic comedy and a biting
critique on social convention from Alice Duer Miller, whose
political work as a women's rights activist informs her characters
and their frequently contentious interactions. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Alice Duer Miller's Ladies Must Live is a classic of American
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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