Adrienne Toner

Anne Douglas Sedgwick

first published 1921 Scholarly Press, 1970 374 pages

In the climax of this novel we are expected to believe that a forceful, cultivated, fearless woman (Adrienne Toner) will sacrifice happiness with a man who loves her because she still "loves" (she sees it as her duty) her husband who has left her and run off with another woman. It's very noble, perhaps, but also not very believable, even for 1922 when the book was published. Adrienne is an explosive force to her in-l...

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Adrienne Toner paperback · 2007 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 380 pages · 9780548410448
Adrienne Toner edition · 1970 · Scholarly Press · 374 pages

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