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A precursor of Sinclair Lewis's 'Main Street' and a counterpoint to Theodore Dreiser's 'Sister Carrie', this 1912 novel deals poignantly and honestly with the costs of a woman's ambitions. Austin (1868-1934) portrays her heroine's decision to leave a dull husband in a Midwestern town to pursue an acting career and her rise to fame, against the background of the cramping social order of the time.Austin, Mary H. is the author of 'Woman of Genius', published 1985 under ISBN 9780935312447 and ISBN 0935312447.
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