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A novel about a woman who rebels against the confining middle-class values of her industrious American-Jewish family. Her dream of being an actress ends in failure. She ultimately forfeits her illusions and marries a conventional man with whom she finds sufficient contentment as a suburban... read more
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First Sentence edit
Customs of courtship vary greatly in different times and places, but the way the thing happens to be done here and now always seems the only natural way to do it.
Table of Contents edit
PART 1 MARJORIE
Chapter1 Marjorie
Chapter 2 Prince Charming
Chapter 3 George
PART 2: MARSHA
Chapter 4 Sandy and Marjorie
Chapter 5 Sandy's Ambitions
Chapter 6 Marsha Zelenko
Chapter 7 An Evening at the Zelenkos'
Chapter 8 The Uncle
Chapter 9 The Bar-Mitzva
Chapter 10 Mr. Klabber
Chapter 11 Noel Airman
PART 3 SODOM
Chapter 12 Wally Wronken
Chapter 13 A Kiss under the Lilacs
Chapter 14 Marjories at South Wind
Chapter 15 Shirley
Chapter 16 The Red Glasses
Chapter 17 The Rowboat
Chapter 18 The Toreador
Chapter 19 The SOuth Wind Waltz
Chapter 20 No Dishes to Vash
PART 4 NOEL
Chapter 21 Return of Marsha
Chapter 22 Guy Flamm
Chapter 23 The New Noel
Chapter 24 The Engagement Pary
Chapter 25 Muriel
Chapter 26 Sam Rothmore
Chapter 27 The Seder
Chapter 28 Imogene
Chapter 29 Brief Career of an Evangelist
Chapter 30 Noel's Theory
Chapter 31 Dr. Shapiro
Chapter 32 Dinner at the Waldorf
Chapter 33 Princess Jones is Produced
Chapter 34 Marsha's Farewell Speech
Chapter 35 The Breaking of the Glass
Chapter 36 Another glass Breaks
PART FIVE MY OBJECT ALL SUBLIME
Chapter 37 The Nightmare
Chapter 38 How to Discard a Mistress Gracefully
Chapter 39 The Bad year
Chapter 40A First-Class Ticket to Europe
Chapter 41 The Man on the Boat Deck
Chapter 42 A Game of Ping-Pong
Chapter 43 The Premonition
Chapter 44 In Pursuit of Noel
Chapter 45 Noel FOund
Chapter 46 The South Wind Waltz: Reprise
Chapter 47 The Man She Married
Chapter 48 Wally Wronken's Diary
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1955. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Herman Wouk (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1955
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 565
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1955
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 565
Awards edit
- National Book Award (Finalist, 1956: Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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