#39. Marsh-Fire
by Mateel Howe Farnham
Published in 1928 - and I believe this might be a first edition even though it doesn’t say that. She was fairly well known in her time, but these days this is just an obscure, old book I picked up for 50 cents at a book sale. Lucky for me - this was a fun, fast read and a story that is reminiscent of something Theodore Dreiser might have written - almost. It aspires to Dreiser’s heights but doesn’t quite reach.
A tycoon, a scheming woman, an aloof wife, an affair, a son, troubles in the boardroom, triumph, reconciliation and a tidy ending. This would actually make a good, modern, summer read.
1/12/10 - 1/14/10
#39. Marsh-Fire
by Mateel Howe Farnham
Published in 1928 - and I believe this might be a first edition even though it doesn’t say that. She was fairly well known in her time, but these days this is just an obscure, old book I picked up for 50 cents at a book sale. Lucky for me - this was a fun, fast read and a story that is reminiscent of something Theodore Dreiser might have written - almost. It aspires to Dreiser’s heights but doesn’t quite reach.
A tycoon, a scheming woman, an aloof wife, an affair, a son, troubles in the boardroom, triumph, reconciliation and a tidy ending. This would actually make a good, modern, summer read.
1/12/10 - 1/14/10
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