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Fortune's rocks : a novel / Anita Shreve.

Shreve, Anita. : (author).

Summary:

In 1890s Boston, a 15-year-old upper-class girl is banished to a convent following an affair with a married doctor which left her pregnant. The girl is forced to surrender the child for adoption, but she subsequently goes to court to recuperate it, and eventually marries the doctor. A study in the mores and manners of the day.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0316781010
  • ISBN: 9780316781015
  • ISBN: 9780349112763
  • ISBN: 0349112762
  • Physical Description: 453 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown, ©1999.
Subject: Young women > Sexual behavior > New England > Fiction.
Mills and mill-work > New England > Fiction.
New England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
Genre: Coming-of-age stories.
Historical fiction
Bildungsromans.

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1001 . ‡aShreve, Anita. : ‡eauthor
24510. ‡aFortune's rocks : ‡ba novel / ‡cAnita Shreve.
250 . ‡a1st ed.
260 . ‡aBoston : ‡bLittle, Brown, ‡c©1999.
300 . ‡a453 pages ; ‡c25 cm
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
520 . ‡aIn 1890s Boston, a 15-year-old upper-class girl is banished to a convent following an affair with a married doctor which left her pregnant. The girl is forced to surrender the child for adoption, but she subsequently goes to court to recuperate it, and eventually marries the doctor. A study in the mores and manners of the day.
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650 0. ‡aMills and mill-work ‡zNew England ‡vFiction.
651 0. ‡aNew England ‡xSocial life and customs ‡y19th century ‡vFiction.
655 4. ‡aComing-of-age stories.
655 7. ‡aHistorical fiction
655 7. ‡aBildungsromans. ‡2lcgft
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