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Louisa May Alcott

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Jean Muir is on a quest for prosperity and security in a male-dominated society rife with class antagonisms.

Jean is alone and past the prime of youth. She is an actress, the daughter of a nonentity, the ex-wife of a reckless actor. She is a social outcast in Victorian elite society by gender, by birth, and by profession. Jean, outraged at the injustice, is willing to take risks and rise by means of...

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