Joan Thursday: A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance
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"Joan Thursday: A Novel" by Louis Joseph Vance is a fictional work written in the early 20th century. This novel introduces the main character, Joan Thursby, a young shop girl struggling to make her way in a harsh urban environment characterized by poverty and gender-based challenges. As the story unfolds, it seems poised to explore themes of personal aspiration, societal constraints, and the pursuit of freedom against the backdrop of early 1900s
New York. The beginning of "Joan Thursday" presents a day in the life of Joan, who is fatigued after a long day of work at a department store. As she waits for a crowded streetcar, her exhaustion is palpable, paralleling her feelings of frustration and despair. Faced with disrespect and harassment from men, Joan contemplates her lost job and uncertain future, revealing her inner struggles against societal expectations. When she finally returns to her family's tenement, she is determined to escape her current life, which she perceives as devoid of hope. Her tumultuous home life is marked by her father's gambling addiction and her family's oppressive circumstances, setting the stage for Joan's bold decision to seek a different path in the world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Vance, Louis Joseph, 1879-1933 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Cesare, Oscar Edward, 1885-1948 |
| Title | Joan Thursday: A Novel |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (www.archive.org/details/americana) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Actresses -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 36502 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-36502-2 |
| Release Date | Jun 23, 2011 |
| Last Update | Apr 12, 2018 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 753 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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