A Woman of Genius

Author: Mary Hunter AUSTIN

Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs, Literary Fiction

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In this 1912 novel, Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) draws inspiration from her own life to tell the story of a gifted woman caught between her public ambition and her private desire. Beginning with her post-Civil War Midwestern girlhood, Austin chronicles the tumultuous life -- its romantic and artistic challenges -- of "tragic actress" Olivia Lattimore. With lyrical insight, she explores the many social and economic obstacles talented women like Olivia face in their pursuit of self-fulfillment. In America’s cynical Gilded Age, Austin asks, can a “woman of genius” find both happiness and success? Summary by Amy Dunkleberger

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Book I, Chapter IBook I, Chapter IIBook I, Chapter IIIBook I, Chapter IVBook I, Chapter VBook I, Chapter VIBook I, Chapter VIIBook I, Chapter VIIIBook I, Chapter IXBook II, Chapter IBook II, Chapter IIBook II, Chapter IIIBook II, Chapter IVBook II, Chapter VBook II, Chapter VIBook II, Chapter VIIBook II, Chapter VIIIBook II, Chapter IXBook II, Chapter XBook III, Chapter IBook III, Chapter IIBook III, Chapter IIIBook III, Chapter IVBook III, Chapter VBook III, Chapter VIBook IV, Chapter IBook IV, Chapter IIBook IV, Chapter IIIBook IV, Chapter IVBook IV, Chapter VBook IV, Chapter VIBook IV, Chapter VIIBook IV, Chapter VIIIBook IV, Chapter IX

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