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{{short description|1954 novel by Doris Lessing}} |
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| ⚫ | '''A Proper Marriage''' (1954) is the second novel in British [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]-winner [[Doris Lessing]] five volume, semi-autobiographical, series, '' |
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| name = A Proper Marriage |
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| author = [[Doris Lessing]] |
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| image = File:AProperMarriage.jpg |
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| caption = First edition |
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| cover_artist = Peter Rudland |
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| country = United Kingdom |
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| language = English |
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| series = ''[[Children of Violence]]'' |
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| publisher = [[Michael Joseph (publisher)|Michael Joseph]] |
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| published = [[1954 in literature|1954]] |
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| media_type = Print |
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| pages = 448 |
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| isbn = 0246109416 |
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| preceded_by = [[Martha Quest]] |
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| followed_by = [[A Ripple from the Storm]] |
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| ⚫ | '''''A Proper Marriage''''' (1954) is the second novel in British [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]-winner [[Doris Lessing]] five volume, semi-autobiographical, series, ''[[Children of Violence]]''. The first volume is ''[[Martha Quest]]'' (1952), and the others are, ''[[A Ripple from the Storm]]'' (1958), ''[[Landlocked (novel)|Landlocked]]'' (1965), and ''[[The Four-Gated City]]'' (1969). The Children of Violence series, follows the life of protagonist Martha Quest "from girlhood to middle age".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Martha-Quest|title=Martha Quest | fictional character | Britannica|website=www.britannica.com}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | ''A Proper Marriage'' continues the story of Lessing's eponymous protagonist that she began in ''Martha Quest''. In that novel Martha, aged fifteen left the |
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| ⚫ | ''A Proper Marriage'' continues the story of Lessing's eponymous protagonist that she began in ''Martha Quest''. In that novel Martha, aged fifteen left the [[Southern Rhodesia]]n farm on which she was brought up to work as a typist in the provincial capital, 'the big city'. "Although rapidly disillusioned, she was inescapable drawn into the hectic life of the smart set" and then gets married.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dorislessing.org/aproper.html|title=A Proper Marriage by Doris Lessing|website=www.dorislessing.org}}</ref> ''A Proper Marriage'' reveals the way in which "Martha's rebellious temperament reacted to her new life", and of "her growing discontent with the young married set to which she and her husband Douglas now belong; of the arrival of her baby, which seems another threat to her freedom". The novel also deals with the outbreak of [[World War II]] "and of her husband's "departure with the army".<ref>From the dust jacket of the first edition.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 19:23, 30 December 2024
 First edition | |
| Author | Doris Lessing |
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| Cover artist | Peter Rudland |
| Language | English |
| Series | Children of Violence |
| Published | 1954 |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 448 |
| ISBN | 0246109416 |
| Preceded by | Martha Quest |
| Followed by | A Ripple from the Storm |
A Proper Marriage (1954) is the second novel in British Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing five volume, semi-autobiographical, series, Children of Violence. The first volume is Martha Quest (1952), and the others are, A Ripple from the Storm (1958), Landlocked (1965), and The Four-Gated City (1969). The Children of Violence series, follows the life of protagonist Martha Quest "from girlhood to middle age".[1]
A Proper Marriage continues the story of Lessing's eponymous protagonist that she began in Martha Quest. In that novel Martha, aged fifteen left the Southern Rhodesian farm on which she was brought up to work as a typist in the provincial capital, 'the big city'. "Although rapidly disillusioned, she was inescapable drawn into the hectic life of the smart set" and then gets married.[2] A Proper Marriage reveals the way in which "Martha's rebellious temperament reacted to her new life", and of "her growing discontent with the young married set to which she and her husband Douglas now belong; of the arrival of her baby, which seems another threat to her freedom". The novel also deals with the outbreak of World War II "and of her husband's "departure with the army".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Martha Quest | fictional character | Britannica". www.britannica.com.
- ^ "A Proper Marriage by Doris Lessing". www.dorislessing.org.
- ^ From the dust jacket of the first edition.
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