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Title: Gaslight Sonatas
Note: Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Contents: Bitter-sweet -- Sieve of fulfilment -- Ice-water, pl-! -- Hers not to reason why -- Golden Fleece -- Nightshade -- Get ready the wreaths.
Credits: Produced by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paolucci and PG Distributed Proofreaders
Summary: "Gaslight Sonatas" by Fannie Hurst is a novel written during the late 1910s. It explores the lives of urban characters, particularly focusing on the experiences of Gertie Slayback, a young woman trying to navigate her relationship with James P. Batch amidst the struggles of the working class in New York City. The narrative reflects themes of ambition, love, and the harsh realities of life for those in lower socioeconomic strata, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing society. At the start of the novel, we meet Gertie Slayback, a wage-earning woman living a solitary life in a cramped room. Her longing for emotional connection becomes evident, especially in her affection for Jimmie Batch, a young man she dines with weekly. The opening portrays their relationship's delicate balance as Gertie struggles with the fear of losing Jimmie to a more glamorous lifestyle represented by another woman, May Scully. As the characters navigate their tumultuous emotions, the text paints a vivid picture of the complexity of love and the burden of personal aspirations, setting up a conflict that is both relatable and poignant. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
EBook No.: 10025
Published: Nov 1, 2003
Downloads: 68
Language: English
Subject: City and town life -- Fiction
Subject: Short stories, American
Subject: Immigrants -- Fiction
Subject: Poor -- Fiction
Subject: Slums -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Gaslight Sonatas
Note: Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Contents: Bitter-sweet -- Sieve of fulfilment -- Ice-water, pl-! -- Hers not to reason why -- Golden Fleece -- Nightshade -- Get ready the wreaths.
Credits: Produced by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paolucci and PG Distributed Proofreaders
Summary: "Gaslight Sonatas" by Fannie Hurst is a novel written during the late 1910s. It explores the lives of urban characters, particularly focusing on the experiences of Gertie Slayback, a young woman trying to navigate her relationship with James P. Batch amidst the struggles of the working class in New York City. The narrative reflects themes of ambition, love, and the harsh realities of life for those in lower socioeconomic strata, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing society. At the start of the novel, we meet Gertie Slayback, a wage-earning woman living a solitary life in a cramped room. Her longing for emotional connection becomes evident, especially in her affection for Jimmie Batch, a young man she dines with weekly. The opening portrays their relationship's delicate balance as Gertie struggles with the fear of losing Jimmie to a more glamorous lifestyle represented by another woman, May Scully. As the characters navigate their tumultuous emotions, the text paints a vivid picture of the complexity of love and the burden of personal aspirations, setting up a conflict that is both relatable and poignant. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
EBook No.: 10025
Published: Nov 1, 2003
Downloads: 68
Language: English
Subject: City and town life -- Fiction
Subject: Short stories, American
Subject: Immigrants -- Fiction
Subject: Poor -- Fiction
Subject: Slums -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.