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Author: Louis Bromfield
First Published: 1924
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social chronicle
Time of Work: Early twentieth century
Setting: Middle West
Principal Characters: Julia Shane, Lily, Irene Shane, The Governor, Hattie Tolliver, Ellen Tolliver, Monsieur Cyon
Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Twentieth century, World War II, Midwest, Paris, Widows or widowers, Strikes or lockouts
Locales: Midwest (U.S.)

Julia Shane was a wealthy old woman, living with her two daughters in a mansion which had decayed greatly since the mills of the town had encroached upon her grounds. Although the house was now surrounded on three sides by railroad yards and steel mills, Julia Shane refused to move away. Mrs. Shane was worried about her girls. Irene, the younger, was, in her mother’s opinion, too pious to live. Lily, who was twenty-four years old, had been in love with the governor, a man twenty years older than she. The real complication was that Lily was going to have a...

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