Author of "The Tree of Heaven," etc.
Cloth, 12mo.
No novel of the war period made a more profound impression than did Miss
Sinclair's "The Tree of Heaven." The announcement of a new book by this
distinguished author is therefore most welcome. "Mary Olivier" is a story
in Miss Sinclair's best manner. Once again she has chosen a theme of vital
interest and has treated it with the superb literary skill which has put
her among the really great of contemporary novelists.
A woman's life, her thoughts, sensations and emotions directly presented,
without artificial narrative or analysis, without autobiography.
The main interest lies in Mary Olivier's search for Reality, her relations
with her mother, father and three brothers, and her final passage from the
bondage of infancy, the conflicts of childhood and adolescence, the
disenchantments (and other drawbacks) of maturity, to the freedom, peace
and happiness of middle-age.
The period covered is from 1865 when Mary is two years old to 1910 when
she is forty-seven.
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