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The novel follows an assertive, well-dressed young woman traveling amid postwar chaos who calmly navigates crowded stations and a long train journey, rescuing a timid third-class passenger and confronting class tensions and bureaucratic rules. Episodes aboard the train and at stations illuminate social contrasts, comic misunderstandings, and the heroine's resourceful independence as she negotiates luggage, tickets, and officious inspectors. The narrative blends light comedy and social observation, using episodic travel set pieces and domestic encounters to examine manners, feminine agency, and the uneasy transition from wartime to peacetime life.

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Title: The adventurous lady

Author: J. C. Snaith

Release date: October 30, 2022 [eBook #69271]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: D. Appleton and Company, 1920

Credits: D A Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was created from images of public domain material made available by the University of Toronto Libraries.)

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The ADVENTUROUS LADY

By

J. C. SNAITH

The Adventurous Lady
The Undefeated
The Sailor
The Time Spirit
The Coming
Anne Feversham


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D. APPLETON & COMPANY
Publishers     New York

The
ADVENTUROUS LADY

BY

J. C. SNAITH

AUTHOR OF “THE UNDEFEATED,” “THE SAILOR,”
“BROKE OF COVENDEN”

 

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK MCMXX