The Plum Tree

By David Graham Phillips and E M (Edmund Marion) Ashe

Book Overview

The Plum Tree by David Graham Phillips is a novel that tells the story of a young woman named Laura who lives in a small town in the United States during the early 1900s. Laura is the daughter of a successful businessman and is expected to marry well and live a comfortable life. However, she falls in love with a young man named John who is from a lower social class and is not accepted by her family.As World War I breaks out, John enlists in the army and is sent to fight in Europe. Laura is left behind to deal with the challenges of a country at war, including rationing, shortages, and the loss of loved ones. She also faces personal struggles as she tries to reconcile her love for John with her duty to her family and society.Throughout the novel, Phillips explores themes of love, loyalty, sacrifice, and the impact of war on individuals and society. The Plum Tree is a poignant and moving story that captures the spirit of a generation and the struggles of those who lived through one of the most tumultuous periods in history.1905. American writer, Phillips worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati and New York City, rising to editorial rank on the New York World, for which he wrote until 1902. He became noted as a muckraker and was famous as the author of a series of sensational articles exposing corruption in the U.S. Senate that appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine. Phillips's novels, powerful although often crude, deal with corruptive influences in society and general social problems, such as the status of women. He came to an untimely death when he was murdered by a young musician who accused him of having cast literary slurs on his family. The Plum Tree begins: We can hold out six months longer, -at least six months. My mother's tone made the six months stretch encouragingly into six long years. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1162646268
• ISBN13: 9781162646268
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"