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Title: The Dual Alliance
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Summary: "The Dual Alliance" by Marjorie Benton Cooke is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Barbara "Bob" Garratry, an Irish actress who has battled through adversity, achieving success on stage while caring for her invalid father. Despite her accomplishments, she finds herself struggling with isolation and a profound sense of emptiness, leading her to contemplate her existence and the meaning of her success. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Bob as she reflects on her tumultuous life journey, wrestling with feelings of loneliness and the weight of her past. The narrative unfolds as she contemplates suicide, revealing her profound dissatisfaction despite achieving her dreams. In a surprising turn, she proposes an unusual arrangement with Paul Trent, a lawyer whom she barely knows, suggesting they marry as a means to explore companionship. Their unexpected partnership hints at the potential for deeper connections even amidst their initial contractual relationship, setting the stage for complex emotional challenges that may arise as they navigate their intertwined lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Cooke, Marjorie Benton, 1876-1920
Illustrator: Blumenschein, Mary Shepard Greene, 1869-1958
EBook No.: 33209
Published: Jul 20, 2010
Downloads: 101
Language: English
Subject: Political fiction
Subject: Marriage -- Fiction
Subject: Actresses -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Dual Alliance
Credits:
Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from
scanned images of public domain material from the Google
Print archive.
Summary: "The Dual Alliance" by Marjorie Benton Cooke is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Barbara "Bob" Garratry, an Irish actress who has battled through adversity, achieving success on stage while caring for her invalid father. Despite her accomplishments, she finds herself struggling with isolation and a profound sense of emptiness, leading her to contemplate her existence and the meaning of her success. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Bob as she reflects on her tumultuous life journey, wrestling with feelings of loneliness and the weight of her past. The narrative unfolds as she contemplates suicide, revealing her profound dissatisfaction despite achieving her dreams. In a surprising turn, she proposes an unusual arrangement with Paul Trent, a lawyer whom she barely knows, suggesting they marry as a means to explore companionship. Their unexpected partnership hints at the potential for deeper connections even amidst their initial contractual relationship, setting the stage for complex emotional challenges that may arise as they navigate their intertwined lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Cooke, Marjorie Benton, 1876-1920
Illustrator: Blumenschein, Mary Shepard Greene, 1869-1958
EBook No.: 33209
Published: Jul 20, 2010
Downloads: 101
Language: English
Subject: Political fiction
Subject: Marriage -- Fiction
Subject: Actresses -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.