Susan Lenox: Her Rise And Fall - Softcover

Phillips, David Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1419150030 ISBN 13: 9781419150036

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing Co, 2004

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Susan Lenox: Her Rise and Fall is a novel written by David Graham Phillips. The book tells the story of Susan Lenox, a young woman who was born into poverty and suffers a traumatic childhood. She is forced to leave her hometown and move to New York City, where she becomes a waitress and catches the eye of a wealthy man named Rodney Aldrich. Despite their class differences, the two fall in love and start a passionate affair.However, their relationship is short-lived when Rodney's father finds out about Susan's past and forbids them from seeing each other. Susan is devastated and decides to leave New York and start a new life. She ends up in Chicago, where she meets and falls in love with a man named Karl. They get married and have a child, but their happiness is short-lived when Karl dies in a train accident.Susan is left alone to raise her child and struggles to make ends meet. She eventually meets Rodney again, who has since become a successful politician. They rekindle their love affair, but their happiness is once again short-lived when Rodney's political enemies discover their relationship and use it to destroy his career.The novel explores themes of social class, love, and redemption. It is a poignant and tragic story of a woman who rises from poverty to find love and success, only to have it all taken away from her.The Susan Lenox who sat alone at the little table in the dining-room window, eating bread and butter and honey in the comb, was apparently the same Susan Lenox who had taken three meals a day in that room all those years--was, indeed, actually the same, for character is not an overnight creation. Yet it was an amazingly different Susan Lenox, too. The first crisis had come; she had been put to the test; and she had not collapsed in weakness but had stood erect in strength.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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David Graham Phillips was an American novelist and journalist, known for his role in the muckraker tradition, a movement focused on exposing corruption and societal issues. Born on October 31, 1867, in Madison, Indiana, he attended Princeton University and DePauw University. Phillips gained recognition for his journalistic efforts and works of fiction, which often critiqued political and social structures in the United States. His writings highlighted the corrupt practices of powerful elites, a theme that resonated strongly with readers during the Progressive Era. His notable works include novels and investigative reports, making him a key figure in the early 20th-century American literary scene. Phillips' career was marked by a commitment to social justice and the belief that journalism could serve as a catalyst for reform. Despite his success, his life was cut short when he died at 43 on January 24, 1911, in New York. He left behind a body of work that helped shape public opinion on issues such as corporate power and political corruption. Phillips was survived by his sister, Carolyn Frevert.

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• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1419150030
• ISBN 13: 9781419150036
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 828
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