The Apple of the Eye (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Glenway Wescott
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional romance
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: Rural Wisconsin
- Principal Characters: Hannah Madoc, Jule Bier, Selma, Rosalia, Mike, Dan Strane
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Prostitution or prostitutes, Rural or country life, Midwest, Farms, farmers, or farming, Ethics, Hedonism
- Locales: Wisconsin
The Story:
When her drunken father came home one night and swung at her with a broom handle, patient, hard-working Hannah Madoc pushed him off the porch in self-defense. He died a few days later, leaving his daughter orphaned and penniless, and Hannah went to work in Mrs. Boyle’s store. There, she waited on customers during the day and served the men liquor in the evening.
One night, Jule Bier saw her behind the store counter. Since the death of his wife and the piling up of debts, old Mr. Bier had struggled to make enough money from his farm to give Jule a...
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