The Dual Alliance by Marjorie Benton Cooke
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/33209.html.images | 145 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/33209.epub3.images | 284 kB |
Send
to kindle email: |
|||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/33209.epub.images | 283 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/33209.epub.noimages | 127 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/33209.kf8.images | 408 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/33209.kindle.images | 389 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/33209.txt.utf-8 | 123 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33209/pg33209-h.zip | 273 kB | ||||
| There may be more files related to this item. | ||||||
About this eBook
| Author | Cooke, Marjorie Benton, 1876-1920 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Blumenschein, Mary Shepard Greene, 1869-1958 |
| Title | The Dual Alliance |
| Note | Reading ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| 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.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Political fiction |
| Subject | Marriage -- Fiction |
| Subject | Actresses -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 33209 |
| Release Date | Jul 20, 2010 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 64 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
