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Miss Lulu Bett

Miss Lulu Bett

Gale, Zona

Hardcover

Mystery & ThrillerClassic FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 143260953X
ISBN13: 9781432609535
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Apr 16 2004
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.28
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Miss Lulu Bett is a novel written by Zona Gale. It tells the story of a woman named Lulu Bett who is a spinster living with her sister and brother-in-law in a small Midwestern town. She is unhappy with her life and feels trapped in her situation. However, when her brother-in-law's brother comes to visit, Lulu's life takes a dramatic turn. She falls in love with him and decides to leave her sister's house to start a new life with him. The novel explores themes of love, family, and the role of women in society. It was first published in 1920 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921. The book was also adapted into a successful play and later a film.1920. Illustrated with scenes from the play produced by Brock Pemberton and Photographs by Abbe. Zona Gale's Miss Lulu Bett was one of the greatest bestsellers of 1920 and its adaptation to the stage went on to enjoy a successful run and immense popularity. For this play, Gale became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Miss Lulu Bett is the story of a woman who makes the choice to assert her identity and independence, indicative of Gale's feminist politics, which she made an important part of her fictional work. The book also marked a transition in Gale's work from the sentimental to more realistic, sharp-edged works of fiction.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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