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Improbable Fiction: The Life of Mary Roberts Rinehart
Jan Cohn
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Description for Improbable Fiction: The Life of Mary Roberts Rinehart
Paperback. Here, the author illuminates the tensions that pervaded Mary Roberts Rineharta's life. Her commercial success conflicted with her domestic roles of wife and mother; she often endured periods of illness and depression but also pursued adventure. The author presents her as a woman of many complexities whose zest for life always prevailed. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
The mystery stories and other popular fiction of Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958) brought her wealth and fame, but she was much more than a writer. She was a well-known American, respected and loved during a time when few women achieved national influence.
Her early life was conventional enough. Trained as a nurse, she met and married a physician, with whom she had three sons. She was living the stereotypical life of a young matron in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), when her husband’s investments evaporated during a stock market crash. She began writing as a means to ... Read more
The mystery stories and other popular fiction of Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958) brought her wealth and fame, but she was much more than a writer. She was a well-known American, respected and loved during a time when few women achieved national influence.
Her early life was conventional enough. Trained as a nurse, she met and married a physician, with whom she had three sons. She was living the stereotypical life of a young matron in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), when her husband’s investments evaporated during a stock market crash. She began writing as a means to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822959120
SKU
V9780822959120
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About Jan Cohn
Jan Cohn was G. Keith Funston Professor of American Literature and American Studies at Trinity College and the author of four other books, including Creating America (1989).
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