Language English Media type Hardcover, paperback Originally published 1933 Page count 310 Country United States of America | Publication date 1933 Pages 310 Publisher Vanguard Press | |
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Female is a 1933 novel by Donald Henderson Clarke. It was translated into Czech as Samička : Román ženy (1934).
Contents
The novel was used as the basis of the feature film Female, produced the same year by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz.
Plot
The story is about determined, emotionally hardened, Margy Kane's (daughter of a fencer and a parlor maid), rise from the back alleys of New England to her married life in Park Avenue.
Reception
The book was declared obscene by the Brooklyn Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court in 1935.
References
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