Cass Timberlane (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sinclair Lewis
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1940’s
- Setting: Grand Republic, Minnesota
- Principal Characters: Cass Timberlane, Jinny Marshland Timberlane, Bradd Criley
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Husbands, Wives, Love or romance, Social issues, Marriage, 1940’s, Midwest, Adultery, Moral conditions, Judges
- Locales: New York, NY, Minnesota
The Story:
After his divorce from his wife, Blanche, Judge Cass Timberlane continued to meet his old friends socially and to hold court in his usual honest and effective manner. It was not until Jinny Marshland appeared in his court as witness in a routine case, however, that Cass once more began to find his life interesting. Cass was forty-one years old and Jinny in her early twenties, so he told himself that he was foolish to think of her in a romantic manner. In spite of his logical reasoning, Cass thought more and more about Jinny. Within a few days of their first meeting,...
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