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Divorce, as I see it / by Bertrand Russell, Fannie Hurst, H. G. Wells, Theodore Dreiser, Warwick Deeping, Rebecca West, Andre Maurois and Lion Feuchtwanger.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Dreiser Library HQ814 .D58
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.
Library of Theodore Dreiser (University of Pennsylvania)
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Divorce.
Marriage.
Genre:
Essays.
Physical Description:
92 pages ; 19 cm
Manufacture:
London and Woking : Printed in Great Britain by Unwin Brothers Limited.
Other Title:
Divorce
Place of Publication:
London : Noel Douglas, 1930.
Contents:
Divorce by mutual consent / Bertrand Russell
Divorce is sordid and ugly / Fannie Hurst
Divorce is inhuman / H. G. Wells
Modern marriage is a farce / Theodore Dreiser
Perseverance in marriage / Warwick Deeping
Divorce is a necessity / Rebecca West
Divorce should not be too easy / André Maurois
Marriage based on common sense / Lion Feuchtwanger.
Notes:
With half-title.
"The problem of divorce is here frankly treated by eight of the most distinguished authors in the world. The chapters first appeared in the columns of The Daily Express, and made so great a stir that I feel certain that a reissue in a more permanent form will be welcome."--Publisher's Note.
Price from dust-jacket: Paper 2s net. Cloth 3s. 6d. net.
Yellow cloth boards lettered in black on spine.
Local Notes:
Dreiser copy has dust-jacket retained.
Culture Class Collection copy has dust-jacket retained.
Cited in:
Pizer, D. Dreiser, C30-1
Contains:
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. Modern marriage is a farce.
OCLC:
5698911

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