Project Gutenberg 2010-07-20 Public domain in the USA. 64 Cooke, Marjorie Benton 1876 1920 Blumenschein, Mary Shepard Greene 1869 1958 Blumenschein, Mary Greene Blumenschein, Mrs. Ernest Louis The Dual Alliance Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. "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.) en Political fiction Marriage -- Fiction Actresses -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Politics Browsing: Fiction 148173 148182 2024-09-14T06:19:46.223273 2023-09-14T11:02:37.611056 text/html text/html 148957 2010-07-20T12:38:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 209298 2010-07-20T12:38:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 269502 2024-09-14T06:19:51.129304 application/epub+zip 268918 2024-09-14T06:19:47.704304 application/epub+zip 108330 2024-09-14T06:19:46.865280 application/epub+zip 391438 2024-09-14T06:19:53.694227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371586 2024-09-14T06:19:50.531256 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 211920 2022-09-15T08:34:26.670572 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126235 126108 2024-09-14T06:19:45.661292 2023-09-14T11:02:36.986061 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 126063 2010-07-20T12:38:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 49599 2010-07-20T12:38:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 126054 2010-07-20T12:38:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49574 2010-07-20T12:38:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21225 2024-09-14T06:19:53.829259 application/rdf+xml 13375 2024-09-14T06:19:47.212270 image/jpeg 3384 2024-09-14T06:19:47.039260 image/jpeg 259453 2024-09-14T06:19:46.246322 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia