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Julie | Literary Precedents

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Julie Literary Precedents

As in her earlier work, Christy, Marshall incorporates some of the devices of the romance novel in this work as she presents her social, political, and spiritual themes. Other Christian writers who present their stories in the trappings of the romance novel include Janette Oke and Eugenia Price. Marshall's social concerns in this work — the exploitation of factory workers by a greedy upper class — are reminiscent of those of muckrakers such as Sinclair Lewis.

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Julie from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.
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